and harvesting,--which
processes indeed appear to be going on all the year round. The women
were seemingly of rather a coarser type than those we had lately met,
and were found working much in the fields, as well as performing a large
share of the out-door labor. There is a new canal, with locks, etc.,
now in course of construction in the environs of Delhi, where men,
women, and boys were seen employed in about equal numbers, aggregating
some hundreds, carrying dirt and bricks in baskets upon their backs, as
well as digging, shoveling, and performing similar work. The guide
informed us that the men received as wages twelve cents, the women ten,
and the boys eight cents per day of ten hours. We must, however, again
refer to the fact that the purchasing power of these sums is much
greater than with us, say at least treble; still they are terribly low
wages. Perhaps there is no better criterion of judgment as to the true
domestic condition of any people, than the current value at which a
man's labor is estimated. As to the common class of women in India, kept
as all are in the most absolute subjection and ignorance, a more
hopeless state than theirs cannot be conceived of. They are divided into
two classes, the favored and the humble. The former are treated as toys,
the latter as slaves.

The last journey from Cawnpore to Delhi was made by night, so again we
were obliged to take the cars on the Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi road for
Lahore at nine o'clock P. M., crossing the Jumna almost immediately
after starting. The distance from Delhi to Lahore is about three hundred
and fifty miles. Traveling, even by rail, in India is still accomplished
on primitive principles, and, mostly in the hours of the night. Such
bedding as one indulges in must be taken along with the other personal
baggage. A pillow and blanket are absolute necessities, and anything
beyond these two domestic articles is considered a luxury. With even
these slight accompaniments and plenty of fatigue, one is apt to fall
asleep and make the best of it, whether upon the stone floor of a
bungalow or in an upright position in the oscillating cars. Lahore is
the capital of the Punjab, being one of the most ancient and famous
cities of the country, and was flourishing and populous at the time of
Alexander's invasion. Here are the headquarters of a large division of
British troops, the red coats besprinkling every street and roadway. Its
history is interwoven with ever