CHAPTER XVI.

DELHI AND AGRA.

Approach to Delhi--The Fort and the old Palace--The town and population--The Jumma Mosque--The environs of Delhi, a waste of ruined cities--The Kutab Minar and the old fortress of Lalkab--Agra, the Fort and the Palace--The Jessamine Tower--Lovely marble and mosaic--The Taj at twilight--A fairy scene--Flocks of green parrots-- Moonlight on the Jumna--“Do we not respect our women?”-- A coterie of professors--The population of Agra--Scenes at the railway stations--A favorable specimen of Young India--An incident in the train 282–298