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are always twenty or thirty ready t:aparifon- 

 ed, with Howdahs * and Amarys -f-, that at- 

 tend clofe behind the one he rides upon him- 

 felf, that he may change occafionally to any 

 of them he Hkes ; or he fometimes permits 

 fome of his attendants to ride upon them. 

 He has with him about five or fix hun- 

 dred fumpter horfes, a great many of 

 which are always led ready faddled near 

 him ; many of them are beautiful Perfian. 

 horfes, and fome of them of the Arabian 

 breed ; but he feldom rides any of them. 

 Of wheel carriages, there are a great many 

 of the country fafhion drawn by bullocks, 

 principally for the accommodation of the 



* The fame as Amarys, but without a canopy. 



-f- AnAmaryis the machine faftened upon the back of the ele- 

 phant for riding in. It is generally made of wood, painted and 

 gilded. It is of a fquare form, with ledges about eight inches 

 high^ and in two divifions, tlie largeft before, and a fmall 

 one behind for a fervant : the firil divifion is from three to 

 four feet wide, with cufhions and bedding in it ; and the 

 whole is covered by a canopy, fupported with eight ftand- 

 ards, and covered with Englilh broad cloth, either plain <jr 

 embroidered . 



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