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Rh departments. He also visited Switzerland, and the famous towns of Italy. In the various places of his visit he gathered excellent specimens of art. He has just published a very interesting diary of his travels and his opinions on most things which he saw in his tour are most lucidly given in it. He has got a beautiful library of more than 10,000 volumes, treating on science, English literature, and Indian subjects, among them being many rare books out of print, besides the leading Cyclopaedias and other books of reference.

In his mansion one can see a magnificent assemblage of all sorts of furniture, fancy things, trees and plants, forming the sublimes t and at the same time the most charming scenery in all Vizagapatam. Nothing can exceed the diversified and picturesque loveliness of the landscape which is in a conspicuous part of the town. Upon an eminence stands the mansion of Mr. Jugga Rao. The grand building and the grounds occupy a large area, and the enclosure is surrounded by a wall forming a complete square. Standing high above the front storey, one could look down, with the view of a bird, upon the buildings, grounds and walls of the mansion—the sea at a short distance—and the whole circumjacent town far and wide. The grand front of the mansion and the other lines of the square array of buildings that enclose the court yard ar« all of modern architecture. The central hall of the mansion with its lofty roof sustained by no pillars is hung with suits of armour. Passing through the entrance hall, we reach another hall, in the middle of the mansion, which contains excellent furniture and rare specimens of all kinds of novelty he was able to collect when he travelled