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This was abandoned on the 3rd of July as untenable, with tents standing, and about 200 unmounted guns of the late King. It was a sort of neutral ground during the siege, until occupied again after Havelock's entry. On bringing in the ammunition from Machhi Bawan, the powder was buried here. but owing to a stack of bhoosa, or chopped straw, having caught fire in its neighbourhood, and the enemy occupying the houses on the far side of the garden, it was thought best to remove it into the Begum Kothie, Where it was placed in the tykhana, heavy beams being laid over the floor to keep it safe (see para. 53).