BANGALORE CITY AND CANTONMENT.
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explored, and pathetic traces cf the captivity of British officers
patam
The
came
to
In 1811, on the removal of the British garrison from Seringa-
light.
to Bangalore, the fort afforded quarters to
some of our
troops.
arsenal was transferred from Seringapatam to the Bangalore fort
above mentioned, still remains within it. The followtaken from an article in the Calcutta Englishman : ‘ The form of the fort is oval, with round towers at proper intervals. It had, when captured by the British, five powerful cavaliers, a faussebraye. a good ditch, and covered way without palisades, but the glacis was imperfect in some parts. The two gateways, one in the north and the other in the south, were called the Delhi and Mysore gates. The former, which opened towards the pet (or town), was a in 1823, and, as
ing description
is
handsome structure in the best style of Muhammadan military architecand consisted of several gates surmounted by traverses. But, there being no ditches between the gates, an enemy taking possession of the works over the first gateway had a ready communication with all ture,
who stormed the fort at this point, are now interesting from an military point of view. The prison
the others, which the British troops,
took advantage antiquarian cell
The
of.’
fortifications
than from
rather
a
of Sir David Baird and his fellow
fifteen feet square, with so
-
captive
low a roof that a
man
is
from twelve to
can scarcely stand
upright.
The
pet, or old native quarter, is
very densely populated
there are
12,647 houses, with 62,317 inhabitants, in an area of 2J square miles. Until the last few years, the pet was surrounded by a deep ditch and a
memorial from the times of Maratha inroads. The most part, narrow and irregularly built, but there are The course not a few handsome houses owned by wealthy merchants. of trade is brisk, especially in the grain and cotton markets ; and altogether the pet presents the appearance of a prosperous oriental city. The following are the chief buildings scattered over the wide area square miles, with a known as the cantonments, which cover Government House, the residence population of 93,540 persons. formerly of the Chief Commissioner, now of the Resident, of Mysore, and the fine range of new public offices, rise amid the wooded
thick-set hedge, a
streets are, for the
grounds of Cubbon Park, to the west of the parade ground. The erected at a cost of ^^50,000, occupy a long two-
public offices,
building,
storied
storey
is
all
Grecian style of
the
in
architecture
of stone surrounded with verandahs.
The
the
lower
central jail
on the radiating principle, with worksurrounded by grounds kept under The High School (now the Central cultivation by the prisoners. College) contains a hall, with a roof supported by light monolithic In the extreme columns, 35 feet high, quarried in the neighbourhood.
covers a large space
shops for
many
it
trades,
is
built
and
is
