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CHAPTER XVI.

RESIDENCE AT CAWNPORE—THE DEWĀLĪ.

1830, October.

Aghā Meer the Nawāb—Elephants Swimming the Ganges—Cashmere
Goats—Discontent of the Soldiers—Buffaloes—Methodism—Desertion
of Soldiers to Runjeet Singh—Marks of Age on Stud-bred Horses—Abolition
of S[)u]tēē—Pilgrim Tax—The Dewālī—The Ph[)u]l[)u]-h[)u]rēē
Festival—Arrival of Aghā Meer and his Zenāna—Vicious Horses—Turquoise
Mines in Persia—Lament of the Hindoo Women—Burning
the Dead—The Mug Cook—Brutal Punishment—Plagues of Egypt—Conversion
of Hindoo Women—The Races—The Riding School—Kishmish
Bakhshish—Apples and Grapes from Cabul—Arab Merchants 159


CHAPTER XVII.

SCENES IN OUDE.

1831, January.

New Year's Day—Meeting of the King of Oude and the Governor-General—Visit
of Lord William Bentinck to Lucnow—A Native Christian—Elephant,
Tiger, Buffalo, and Bear Fights—Constantia—Beautiful
Buildings—Departure of the Governor-General—The Padshāh Bāgh—The
Royal Hummām—The King's Stables—The Party at the Residency—Dil-Kushā—Zoffani's
Picture—Doves released from Captivity—The
Menagerie—A Zenāna Garden—Letter of Introduction to the Begams
at Delhi—Gardner's Horse—The Sorrows of the Begam 173


CHAPTER XVIII.

REVELATIONS OF LIFE IN THE ZENĀNA.

1831.

Pedigree of the Kings of Oude—Lucnow Mohurs—Anniversary of the
Coronation—The Prime Minister—Khema-jah—Feredooa Buckht—Evil
Omens—Mossem-ood-Dowla—Largesse—Hārs, Pān, and Atr—The
Zenāna—Sultana Boa—Mulka Zumanee—Gosseina—Tajmah[)u]l—Plurality
of Wives 186


CHAPTER XIX.

THE RETURN TO ALLAHABAD—EXECUTION OF TWENTY-FIVE THUGS.

1831, February.

Removal to Allahabad—Crocodiles—Aurunzebe's Fort—The Old Well
at Kurrah—Arrival at Allahabad—The Thermantidote—The King's