The Seven Cities of Delhi
1852, after which date the bridge of boats, previously estabHshed opposite the Rajghat Gate, was brought up to about the line of the railway-bridge, which was completed about 1864. The railway now runs through Salimgarh, and a portion of Shah Jahan's Castle has been cut off to make room for it. Little now remains of any of the buildings in Salimgarh, which was once used as a state prison: it was much damaged by the fire of our guns, from a battery established in the Government College gardens after the assault.
BAGICHA or Garden,OF MADHO DAS. — This is situated close to a bridge, which carries the canal over the road leading up from the Nigambodh Gate to the Chandni Chouk. There are here temples to Sacha Narayan, Badrinath, and Radha Krishna, all of which are titles of Vishnu, or of his incarnations. On the last-named temple is some curious work in glass, made to look like mother-of-pearl. Here also is the place where Madho Das was buried (not burnt), for this is the custom in the case of ascetics, who are of no caste; even Brahmins have their sacred string removed and burnt after their initiation.
THE PALACE. — In the first chapter some account was given of the interior of the Fort, as it is now styled, and of the buildings as they exist
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