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[ 283 ] a mosque or castle covered over with a sheet of light. The river being- full, the efffect is marvellous. This ceremony was instituted by Serajuddowla in honor of Khajeh Khizir, the green lord, supposed to be the patron of the watery element. Its happy con- -ception, apart from its religious aspect, accounts for its unbroken observance during the last century and a half. The influx of people to see the Bera is large.

CONCLUSION.

As the visitor, fatigued with the troubles of his travels, sits to rest on the terrace of the Neoara house, astonished at the majestic scenery and admir- ing the glorious sight that are presented to his vision by the Nizamut Killah on the bank opposite, bathed in the soft but effulgent rays of the setting-sun, its towers and turrets reflected on the silvery stream that flows by, his eyes rivettedriveted [sic] on the picture before him and his mind absorbed with an eventful past, his ears catch the sound of sweet music from the bandstand of the Killah, from which emanate, as are destined to emanate for all time to come, the majestic strains of Rule Brittania and