When the water has acquired a dark-green colour, it is transferred to other wooden vessels, lime added, and the whole stirred with wooden spades until a blue deposit takes place.

After being allowed to settle, the water is poured off, and the substance remaining behind is put into long linen bags through which the moisture filters.

As soon as the indigo is dry, it is broken in pieces and packed.
Shortly before my departure I had the pleasure of being presented to the Rajah through the aid of my fellow-traveller, Mr.Law.

He resides in the Citadel Rhamnughur, which lies on the left bank of the Ganges, above the town.
A handsomely ornamented boat awaited us at the bank of the river, and on the other side a palanquin.

We soon found ourselves at the entrance of the palace, the gateway of which is lofty and majestic.
I expected to have been gratified in the interior by the sight of spacious courts and a handsome style of architecture, but found only irregular courts and small unsymmetrical apartments, destitute of all taste and luxury.