"It was the hot-season when we came to Agra. All the inhabitants {khaldtq) had run away in terror. Neither grain for o…"

"They call it Agra, mother, and those who come from those parts say there is not a finer city on earth."

"The magnificence of the court of the Great Moguls at Delhi and Agra is one of the most splendid traditions of the East."

""The city of Agra is a great place, swarming with fanatics and fierce devil-worshippers of all sorts. Our handful of …"

"In the city of Agra there was a large temple, in which there were numerous idols, adorned and embellished with precio…"

"As a mission-field, Benares is not so fruitful as many other places, yet it is, no doubt, one of the first in importa…"

"A few of them, as shown before, of more courage than the rest, whose hearts the grace of God has touched, honestly av…"

"The fact is, all this class are beginning to be scandalized by idolatry, and somewhat ashamed of it. They know too mu…"

"A cow was dragged out from a neighbouring house and killed at the foot of the pillar. Its blood was taken into every …"

"The Benares Gazetteer notes: ‘The city experienced one of those convulsions which had frequently occurred in the past…"