ZZ. — RESIDENCY LOWER GARDEN.
This was abandoned on the 3rd of July as untenable, with tents standing, and about 200 unmounted guns of the late King. It was a sort of neutral ground during the siege, until occupied again after Havelock's entry. On bringing in the ammunition from Machhi Bawan, the powder was buried here. but owing to a stack of bhoosa, or chopped straw, having caught fire in its neighbourhood, and the enemy occupying the houses on the far side of the garden, it was thought best to remove it into the Begum Kothie, Where it was placed in the tykhana, heavy beams being laid over the floor to keep it safe (see para. 53).
Notes. — The annexed plan of the Residency shows the position of the places described above as indicated by corresponding letters of the alphabet being affixed thereto, but it may be necessary to point out that this differs from the order laid down in the Revd. Mr. Moore's book and model.
In the Residency Church yard, even up to the present time, only burials of the members of the original garrison and their families are permitted—sanction for such burials must be obtained from the City Magistrate. The defenders are interred in the ground on which the ruins of the Church stand and their families in the higher ground south of the Church.
Hand grenades, so called from the resemblance of its shape and size to a pomegranate, are usually about two inches and a half in diameter. These shells of iron are filled with powder which is fired by means of a fuse and are intended to be thrown by the hand into mines, trenches or upon besiegers mounting a breach. They burst into many pieces and do great injury.
