They are surrounded by high mud walls, which give them the appearance of a fortification.
After we had travelled three nights and two days and a half, we reached Agra on the 13th of January--the former residence of the Great Mogul of India.
The suburbs of Agra resemble, in poverty, the miserable villages before mentioned.

They are composed of high walls of earth, within which are small dilapidated huts and barracks.

A change was at once apparent when we had passed through a stately gateway.

We then suddenly found ourselves in a large open square, surrounded by walls, from which four lofty gates led to the town, the fortress, and the suburbs.

Agra, like most Indian towns, has no inn.