Within two days journey of Agra, we passed by the country and city of Biana, where the finest indigo is made, the best being then worth thirty-six rupees the maund at Agra, but much cheaper in the country. Finding the promised firmaun came not, and the hot season of the year fast approaching, we departed on the 3d April in the prosecution of our journey, leaving directions with Richard Barber to send it after us. We came that night to a serai called Boutta, six coss. The 4th to the town of _Matra_, fourteen coss, where we lay in a fair _serai_,[145] and there we received the firmaun. The 5th we went twelve coss to a serai called _Chatta_, [Chautra.] The 6th to a serai built by Azam Khan, nine coss. The 7th to a serai built by Sheic Ferreede, called _Puhlwall_, eleven coss. The 8th to a serai built by the same person, ten coss. The 9th to _Dillee_, [Delhi,] nine coss. This being a great and ancient city, formerly the seat of the kings, where many of them are interred. At this time, many of the great men have their gardens and pleasure houses here, and are here buried, so that it is beautified with many fine buildings. The inhabitants, who are mostly Banians or Hindoos, are poor and beggarly, through the long absence of the court. [Footnote 145: These are fair buildings for the accommodation of travellers, many of which were erected by great men._Purch._] The 10th we went ten coss from Delhi to _Bunira_. The 11th to _Cullvower_, twelve coss. The 12th to _Pampette_, [Paniput,] twelve coss. This is a small handsome city, where they manufacture various sorts of girdles and sashes, and great quantities of cotton-cloth, and have abundance of handicrafts. The 13th to _Carnanl_, twelve coss. The 14th to _Tanisera_, [Tahnessir,] fourteen coss. The 15th to _Shavade_, [Shahabad,] ten coss. The 16th to _Mogol-Sera_, or _Gaugur_, fifteen coss. The 17th to _Sinan_,[146] fourteen coss, which is an ancient city, where they manufacture great store of cottons. The 18th to _Duratia_, fifteen coss. The 19th to _Pullower_, [Bullolepoor,] eleven coss. We this day passed in a boat over a great river called Sietmege[147] which is very broad, but full of shoals, and runs westward to join the Sinde, or Indus. The 20th we came to a small town called _Nicodar_, eleven coss. The 21st to _Sultanpoor_, an old town having a river which comes from the north, over which is a bridge of six arches. At this place great store of cotton goods are made. Four coss beyond this place we passed another small river. The 22d to _Chiurmul_,[148] eleven coss. We were this day boated across a river as broad as the Thames at Gravesend, called _Vian_, which runs westwards to join the Sinde. On its banks Allom Khan, ambassador from the Great Mogul to the king of Persia, had pitched his camp, which looked like a little city. The 23d we went to _Khan Khanum Serai_, seventeen coss, and the 24th we reached Lahore, seven coss.