a glimpse of FERAMORZ. So much was her imagiitation haunted by this thought, that there was scarcely an islet or boat she passed, at which her heart did not flutter with a momentary fancy that he was there. Happy, in her eyes, the humblest slave upon whom the light of his dear looks fell;In the barge immediately after the Princess was FADLADEEN, with his silken curtains thrown widely apart, that all might have the benefit of his august presence, and with his head full of the speech he was to deliver to the King, "concerning FERAMORZ, and literature, and the Chabuk, as connected therewith."

They had now entered the canal which leads from the Lake to the splendid domes and saloons of the Shalimar, and glided on through gardens ascending from each bank, full of flowering shrubs that made the air all perfume; while from the middle of the canal rose jets of water, smooth and unbroken, to such a dazzling height, that they stood like pillars of diamond in the sunshine. Affer sailing under the arches of various saloons, they at length arrived at the last and most magnificent, where the monarch awaited the coming of his bride; and such was the agitation of her heart and frame, that it was with difficulty she walked up the marble steps, which were covered with cloth of gold for her ascent from the barge. At the end of the hall stood two thrones, as precious as the Cerulean Throne of Koolburga, on one of which sat ALIRIS, the youthful King of Bucharia, and on the other was, in a few minutes, to be placed the most beautiful Princess in the world.-Immediately up

on the entrance of LALLA ROOKH into the saloon, the monarch descended from his throne to meet her; but scarcely had he time to take her hand in his, when she screamed with surprise and fainted at his feet. It was FERAMORZ himself that stood before her!-FERAMORZ was, himself, the Sovereign of Bucharia, who in this disguise had accompanied his young bride from Delhi, and, having won her love as an humble minstrel, now amply deserved to enjoy it as a King.

The corsternation of FADLADEEN at this discovery was, for the moment, almost pitiable. But change of opinion is a resource too convenient in courts for this experienced courtier not to have learned to avail himself of it. His criticisms were all, of course, recanted instantly; he was seized with an admiration of the King's verses, as un bounded, as, he begged him to believe, it was dis interested; and the following week saw him in possession of an additional place, swearing by all the Saints of Islam that never there existed

so great a poet as the Monarch, ALILIS, and ready to prescribe his favourite regimen of the Chabuk for every man, woman, and child that dared to think otherwise.

Of the happiness of the King and Queen of Bucharia, after such a beginning, there can be but little doubt; and, among the lesser symptoms, it is recorded of LALLA ROOKн, that, to the day of her death, in memory of their delightful journey, she never called the King by any other name thau FERAMORZ.

NOTES.

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THESE particulars of the visit of the King of Bucharia to Aurungzebe are found in Dow's History of Hindostan, vol. iii. p. 392.

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Leila.

The Mistress of Mejnoun, upon whose story so many romances, in all the language of the East, are founded.

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Shirine.

For the loves of this celebrated beauty with Khosrou and with Ferhad, v. D'Herbelot, Gibbon, Oriental Collections, etc.

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Dewilde.

"The history of the loves of Dewilde and Chizer, the son of the Emperor Alla, is written in elegant poem, by the noble Chusero."-Ferishta.

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Those insignia of the Emperor's favour, etc. "One mark of honour or knighthood bestowed by A

the Emperor, is the permission to wear a small kettle drum, at the bows of their saddles, which at first was invented for the training of hawks, and to call them to the lure, and is worn in the field by all sportsmen to that end."-Fryer's Travels.

"Those on whom the king has conferred the privilege must wear an ornament of jewels on the right side of the turban, surmounted by a high plume of the feathers of a kind of egret. This bird is found only in Cashmere, and the feathers are carefully collected for the King, who bestows them on his nobles." Elphinstone's Account of Caubul.

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Khedar Khan, etc.

"Khedar Khan, the Khakan, or King of Turques tan beyond the Gihon (at the end of the eleventh century) whenever he appeared abroad was preceded by seven hundred horsemen with silver battle-axes, and was followed by an equal number bearing maces of gold. He was a great patron of poetry, and it was he who used to preside at public exercises of genius, with four basins of gold and silver by him to distribute among the poets who excelled."-Richardson's Dissertation prefixed to his Dictionary.

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The gilt pine-apples, etc.

"The kubdeh, a large golden knob, generally in the shape of a pine-apple, on the top of the canopy over the litter or palanquin."-Scott's notes on the Bahardanush.

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The rose-coloured veils of the Princess's litter. In the poem of Zohair, in the Moallakat, there is the following lively description of "a company of maiden's seated on camels."

"They are mounted in carriages coverd with costly awnings, and with rose-coloured veils, the linings of which have the hue of crimson Andem-wood.

"When they ascend from the bosom of the vale, they sit forward on the saddle-cloths, with every mark of a voluptuous gaiety.

"Now when they have reached the brink of yon blue gushing rivulet, they fix the poles of their tents like the Arab with a settled mansion."

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A young female slave sat fanning her, etc. See Bernier's description of the attendants on Raychanara-Begum in her progress to Cashmere.

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Religion, of which Arrungzebe was a munificent pro

tector.

This hypocritical Emperor would have made a worthy associate of certain Holy Leagues.--" He held the cloak of religion (says Dow) between his actions and the valgar; and impiously thanked the Divinity for a success which he owed to his own wickedness. When he was murdering and persecuting his brothers and their families, he was building a magnificent mosque at Delhi, as an offering to God for his assistance to him in the civil wars. He acted as high-priest at the consecration of this temple, and made practics of attending divine service there, in the humble dress of a Fakeer. But when he lifted one hand to the Divinity, he, with the other, signed warrants for the assassination of his relations."History of Hindostan, vol. iii. p. 335. See also the curious letter of Aurungzebe, given in the Oriental Collections, vol. 1. p. 320.

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The diamond eyes of the idol, etc.

"The Idol at Jaghernaut has two fine diamonds for eyes. No goldsmith is suffered to enter the Pagoda, one having stole one of these eyes, being locked up all night with the Idol."-Tavernier.

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Gardens of Shalimar.

See a description of these royal Gardens in "An Account of the present State of Delhi, by Lieut. W. Franklin.-Asiat. Research. vol. iv. p. 417.