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AGRA. 
THE FORT. — — THE MOTI MUSJID. 
It is often very difficult, nay impossible, to discover, 
by the unmoved countenance and manner of the Mus- 
sulman, how far he is sincere or ironical in his allu- 
sions to the British power and the altered state of 
government, in those rich territories which were 
lately the crown lands of the Mogul Emperors. 
When I was exploring the ruins of Agra, about 
three years since, a very handsome young Mussul- 
man — who had proved himself equally intelligent 
and well informed, hy resolving a number of ques- 
tions which I put to him about the different build- 
ings, and their former occupants — somewhat per- 
plexed me by the following reply to my remarks 
upon the changes which had taken place in the 
renowned capitals of Delhi and Agra. There was 
no movement of the eye or mouth, no intonation of 
voice, which could be supposed to interpret the man’s 
equivocal speech. 
