It consists of a ground floor, somewhat raised, with large windows, and handsome porticoes resting upon columns.
The only remarkable thing about it is a large hall in the interior, with its walls decorated with some rough and stiffly executed representations of animals in relief.

Since the English deposed the native sovereign, the palace has been inhabited by the English resident, or governor.
Had I only arrived a fortnight sooner, I should have witnessed the mode of hunting, or rather snaring, elephants.

The scene of operations is a spot on the banks of some stream or other, where these animals go to drink.

A large place is enclosed with posts, leading up to which, and also skirted by stout posts, are a series of narrow passages.

A tame elephant, properly trained, is then made fast in the middle of the large space, to entice by his cries the thirsty animals, who enter unsuspiciously the labyrinth from which they cannot escape, as the hunters and drivers follow, alarm them by their shouts, and drive them into the middle of the enclosure.