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than places of residence. The look-out upon the
scenery from this royal perch is truly sublime, ex-
tending over an immense expanse of beautifully-
undulated country, watered by the Tupti, and
commanding a view of all the surrounding towns
and villages, for many miles. The lower parts of the
fort are abandoned to all the destructive powers of the
elements, and the no less formidable, though more
subtle, ravages of vegetation; yet the passage of ages
appears to have effected upon these solid structures
as little injury as the same number of years would
have produced upon the ordinary works of man.
This is the more striking, from the circumstance,
that nearly all the surrounding buildings,—which,
though of a more modern date, are also of a less
substantial construction,—are running very rapidly
to decay. Their roofs have nearly all fallen;
many of their walls are also prostrate; and the
hand of time lies heavily, both upon their form and
material.
One suite of chambers alone is an exception to
this remark ; for, although of a light and elegant
design, the apartments are still in fine preserva-
tion ; at the same time it is probable that they are
of a much later period than the rest of the fort. The
exterior is not remarkable for beauty, and the
entrance is so mean and obscure, so overgrown with
weeds and shrubs, as to escape the notice of a passing
spectator. Chance, or a minute examination of the
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than places of residence. The look-out upon the
scenery from this royal perch is truly sublime, ex-
tending over an immense expanse of beautifully-
undulated country, watered by the Tupti, and
commanding a view of all the surrounding towns
and villages, for many miles. The lower parts of the
fort are abandoned to all the destructive powers of the
elements, and the no less formidable, though more
subtle, ravages of vegetation; yet the passage of ages
appears to have effected upon these solid structures
as little injury as the same number of years would
have produced upon the ordinary works of man.
This is the more striking, from the circumstance,
that nearly all the surrounding buildings,—which,
though of a more modern date, are also of a less
substantial construction,—are running very rapidly
to decay. Their roofs have nearly all fallen;
many of their walls are also prostrate; and the
hand of time lies heavily, both upon their form and
material.
One suite of chambers alone is an exception to
this remark ; for, although of a light and elegant
design, the apartments are still in fine preserva-
tion ; at the same time it is probable that they are
of a much later period than the rest of the fort. The
exterior is not remarkable for beauty, and the
entrance is so mean and obscure, so overgrown with
weeds and shrubs, as to escape the notice of a passing
spectator. Chance, or a minute examination of the
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