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prepared for the nuptial festivities. In a few days every thing was ready, and the Princess arrayed in royal robes, and golden ornaments, splendid as those of the famous Emperor Khosroo, mounted an Elephant whose howder? and caparison shone like gold, and attended with maids, beautiful as the Sun, in its splendor. Boys of elegant form, and Eunuchs graceful as the Moon, in countenance, all arrayed in Princely garments proceeded along with Khujesteray[msp]. From stage to stage from Caravansera to Caravansera they journeyed onwards a procession to use the words of the Poet Huzret Mullah like a rose garden in its beauty. As o’er the sands they hold their way, Their tents they pitch with banners gay, The desert blooms through all its coasts, Fair as the meads which China boasts. They arrived at length in the vicinity of Abez. In the neighborhood of that city was a garden named Baghi Murad which had been made by the Father of Azur Shah; it was planted with various kinds of trees, the Pine the Cypress the Boser. The Fir and elm there intermingled their branches, clashing each other like a scymiter belt; Flowers of different kinds, the Rose, the Tulip, the sweet