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 Then, to the right, a peculiar building, with a square tank on the top and a chimney close by, marks the corner of the city near the Mori Bastion. Further on, tall chimneys indicate the suburbs of Kishanganj and the Sabzimandi, while the red Mutiny Memorial marks the point of the Ridge.

The other objects noticeable on the Ridge are, in order — a stone pillar of Asoka, the house of Hindu Rao, the "Observatory," and the Chauburji Mosque (only one of the four domes of which remains) ; then the red Flagstaff Tower, and, a good distance away, an old ruined artillery hospital. Just below the Ridge, and on the river bank, is a magazine ; a white dome indicates the village of Chandrawal ; and lastly appears the waterworks chimney, completing the circuit to Metcalfe House.

From the mound it is possible to realize the peculiar situation of the Ridge with regard to the city. The north face of the walls lies practically at right angles to the river's general course ; the Mutiny Memorial is a little over a thousand yards from the corner of the city ; but the mound is nearly twice as distant, and yet lies only half- way to the line of the Ridge. It was on account of this obliqueness of the Ridge to the walls that the advanced piquets on this mound, and around