During these squabbles Finch fell ill, and Hawkins proceeded to Agra alone, and obtained favourable notice from the emperor Jehangir.
Hawkins returned to England, but Finch delayed his departure in order to make further explorations, visiting Byana and Lahore among other places.
Finch explored various cities in India, including Delhi, Ambala, Sultanpur, Ayodhya and Lahore, and left valuable accounts of these places in his diary.
Reverend Samuel Purchas found Finch's journal in the archives of the company and published an abridged version of it as a chapter in his "Pilgrimes".
[1] In Ayodhya, Finch was an early witness to the location of Ramkot ("Rama's fort"), the site of the present day Ram Janmabhoomi dispute.
[6]Scholar Hans T. Bakker, who made a detailed study of Ayodhya, takes Finch's account to be an authentic record of the state of the Ramkot area at that time.