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jasper, and the walls of white niarl^le inlaid with cor- 

 nelian ; there are marble screens, about eight feet 

 square each, surrounding the same, wrought into 

 the most intricate open traceries. This is one 

 of the most beautiful specimens of the kind in 

 India. 



The population in the agricultural districts of the 

 North- Western provinces consists now of eight Hindus 

 to one Mohamedan ; in the towns, both religions are 

 about equally represented. The climate is far from 

 agreeable, owing to its extreme heat and cold, and the 

 country over which I travelled, as far as Delhi, is one 

 level. I arrived there at an early hour in the morning, 

 and finding the only hotel engaged, I had no difficulty 

 in making myself comfortable at the Dak bungalow for 

 the small pay of one rupee per day. 



Delhi, the great Mogul city, is strongly fortified, and 

 about seven miles in circumference; it is surrounded 

 by an embattled wall, with bastions, moat, and glacis, 

 and has seven handsome gates ; its population is said 

 to count one hundred and fifty thousand souls. The 

 streets are narrow, with one or two exceptions ; as, for 

 instance, the Chandnee-Chokee, or silversmith street, 

 which extends from the palace to the Delhi gate, out- 

 side of which, in a sandy plain, is the Afghan Market, 



