CHAPTER XXXIX. 



Sir Charles Malet, as already mentioned, having made every 

 arrangement necessary for our journey to Caunpore, we left Agra 

 in the afternoon of the 21st of July, and made our first stage to 

 Hemetpore, six coss distant. The country was neither interesting 

 uor well cultivated ; about half-way Ave crossed a deep narrow 

 river, provided with a ferry-boat at the pass, and on arriving at 

 Hemetpore, put up for the night under a large dome in the centre 

 of a tank, and found it a comfortable accommodation. 



The rainy season in this part of Hindostan commenced the 

 beginning of June. So much had fallen when we left Delhi as to 

 render our journey from thence to Agra extremely delightful, and 

 clothe the country with fresh verdure. Having made arrangements 

 to travel chiefly in palanquins, and proceed a morning and even- 

 ing stage each day during the remainder of the journey, we set off at 

 four the next morning for Ferozabad, where we arrived at nine, and 

 halted until evening in a small mosque, about five hundred yards 

 from the town, near a large pleasant garden. Ferozabad, seven 

 coss from Hemetpore, is a large populous town, belonging to He- 

 met Bahauder, miserably infested by religious beggars. 



When the sun declined we commenced our second stage of five 



