Adjoining this are several pretty monuments, all of white marble.  They are passed by with some indifference when the most perfect of them all has been seen first.

A great deal has been said about a large water basin, which is surrounded on three sides by cells, already much dilapidated; the fourth side is open, and from it a beautiful stone staircase, forty feet broad, leads to the water basin, which is twenty-five feet deep.  Every pilgrim would consider his pilgrimage of no account if he did not step in here immediately on his arrival.

Divers plunge from the terraces of the cells to the bottom of the basin, and fetch out the smallest pieces of money which have been thrown in.  Some are dexterous enough to catch the coin even before it touches the bottom.  We threw in several coins, which they succeeded in bringing up every time, but I can scarcely believe that they caught them before they reached the bottom.  They remained long enough under water each time, not only to pick the coin up, but also to look for it.  The feat was certainly surprising, but not, as some travellers affirm, so remarkable that similar ones might not be seen elsewhere.

Our last visit on this day was to the beautiful monument of the Vizier Sofdar-Dchang, which is also a mosque.  In this monument I was especially struck by the inlaid work of white marble in red sandstone upon the four minarets, it was so diversified and so delicate; so chastely executed that the most expert draughtsman could not have produced it more correctly and delicately upon paper.  The same may be said of the sarcophagi in the principal temple, which is hewn out of a block of fine white marble.

The monument is surrounded by a tolerably well-kept garden, laid out in the European style.

At the end of the garden, opposite the mausoleum, stands a small palace, principally belonging to the King of Lucknau.  It is at present kept in good condition by the few European inhabitants of New Delhi.  It contains a few articles of furniture, and serves for the accommodation of visitors to these ruins.

We remained here over night, and, thanks to the good-hearted and amiable Mrs. Sprenger, found every possible convenience we could desire.  The first and most agreeable thing after our long wandering, was a well-furnished table.  Such attentions are doubly deserving of thanks, when it is remembered at what a great amount of trouble they are procured.  It is necessary on such excursions to take not only provisions and a cook, but also cooking utensils, table-services, bed-linen, and servants, enough in short for a small establishment.  The train of baggage, which is always sent on before on these occasions, resembles a small emigration party.