At present, there was nothing but a rude hut, planted on the lowermost terrace.

It seemed to have been used as a "tappa herree," or house for making the native cloth.
Here we saw lights gleaming from between the bamboos, and casting long, rod-like shadows upon the ground without.

Voices also were heard.

We went up, and had a peep at the dancers who were getting ready for the ballet.

They were some twenty in number;-waited upon by hideous old crones, who might have been duennas.