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Rh of solid masonry, only a small part of which has given way, attesting its former strength. At the two farthest angles are the ruins of two small houses, probably at some former time used for retiring before and after the bath. At the head of the lake is a flight of steps in a sad state of dilapidation.

This Tologo, as it is called, is partially surrounded by Banyan, Yetty, and Verengen trees, between which and the edge of the lake is a fine broad walk. Beyond the top of the Tologo rises a thick jungle, in the many labyrinths of which the very foundation, and some pillars of the palace, said to have been that of the Sultana, are still to be seen, as well as the former site of many a dwelling, around which the trees have grown for centuries. We surveyed with feelings it would be difficult to define a scene in which the sounds of human merriment were once heard, but which is now the haunt of wild beasts, who, at