She became very profligate after the King's death; and after she had given birth to one child, it was deemed necessary to place a guard over her to prevent her dishonouring the memory of the King, her husband, any further by giving birth to more." Of Miss Walters, alias Mokuddera Ouleea, the same lady writes:--"The other newly-made Queen is nearly European, but not a whit fairer than Taj Mahal.

She is, in my opinion, plain; but she is considered by the native ladies very handsome, and she was the King's favourite before he saw Taj Mahal.

She was more splendidly dressed than even Taj Mahal.

Her head-dress was a coronet of diamonds, with a fine crescent and plume of the same.

She is the daughter of a European merchant, and is accomplished for an inhabitant of a zunana, as she writes and speaks Persian fluently, as well as Hindoostanee; and it is said that she is teaching the King English, though when we spoke to her in English, she said she had forgotten it, and could not reply.