Book I. Travels in I 



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eftcem'd. The grain of it is lefs by one half, than the grain of the common 

 Rice j and when it is boil'd, no fnoAv is whiter j but befides all that, it Cm \h of 

 Musk -, and all the Grandees of the Indians ear no other. When they would 

 make an acceptable Prefent to any one in Perfia, they fend him a fack of this 

 Rice. This River which partes by Kerkoa and thofe other places I have men- 

 tion^, empties it felf into the River of Sttrat. 

 From Navapoura to Nafarbar t coftes. o 



From N afar bar to Dol-medan^oftcs. y± 



From Dol-mcdan to Senqttera^GfltS. y 



From Scnquera to Tallcner, coftes. IO 



At Tallencr you are to pafs the River, which runs to Baroche - 3 where it is very 

 large, and empties it felf into the Golf of Cambaja. 

 From Tallencr to Chouprc, coftes. ir 



From CoHpre to SenqucUs, coftes. 1 2 



From SencjucUs to Nabir, coftes. 10 



From Nabir to Badelpoura, coftes. 9 



At Badelpoura it is, where the loaded Waggons pay the duties of Br amp our ^ 

 but the Waggons that carry nothing but PafTengers, pay nothing. 

 From Badelpoura to Brampour, coftes e 



Brampour is a great City, very much ruin'd., the Houfes being for the moit 

 part thatch'd with ftraw. There is alfo a great Caftle in the midft of the City, 

 where the Governour lies ; the Government of this Province is a very confidera- 

 ble command 3 and is only conferr'd upon the Son or Unckle of the King. And 

 Atcreng-z,cb, the prefent King, was a long time Governour of this Province in the 

 Reign of his Father. But fince they came to underftand the ftrength of the Pro- 

 vince of Bengala, which formerly bore the Title of a Kingdom, that Province is 

 now the molt confiderable in all the Mogul's Countrcy. There is a great Trade 

 in this City, and as well m Brampore, zs over all the Province, there is made a 

 prodigious quantity of Calicuts very clear and white, which are tranfportcd into 

 Perjta, Turkey and Mufsovia, Poland, Arabia, to Grand Cairo, and other places. 

 There are fome which are painted with feveral colours, with flowers, of which 

 the Women make Veils and Scarfs; the fame Calicuts ferve for Coverlets of 

 Beds, and for Handkerchiefs. There is another fort of Linnen which they never 

 dye, with a ftripe or two of Gold or Silver quite through the piece, and at each 

 end from the bredth of one inch to twelve or fifteen, in fome more, in iome lefs , 

 they fix a tifliic of Gold, Silver, and Silk , inrermix'd with Flowers, whereof 

 there is no wrong-fide, both fides being as fair the one as the other. If thefe 

 pieces, which they carry into Poland, where they have a vaft utterance, want at 

 each end three or four inches at the leaft of Gold or Silver $ or if that Gold or 

 Silver become turnifh'd in being carried by Sea from Surat to Ormus, and from 

 Trdnz.an to Afangala, or any other parts upon the Black-Sea, the Merchant fhall 

 have much ado to put them off without great lofs.He mult take care that his goods 

 be packt up in good Bales, that no wet may get in ; which for Co long a Voyage 

 requires great care and trouble. Some of thefe Linnens are made purpofely for 

 Swathbands or Shafhes, and thofe pieces are call'd Ornu. They contain from. 

 1 J to 20 Ells ; and coft from an hunderd to an hunderd and fifty Roupics,the leaft 

 not being under ten or twelve ells. Thofe that are not above two ells long are worn 

 by the Ladies of Quality for Veils and Scarfs, of which there is a vaft quantity ven- 

 ded in PeriU and Turkey. They make at Brampour alfo other forts of Coctpn-LinQCBg 

 for indcecf there is no Province in all the Indies which more abounds in Cotton. 



When you leave the City of Brampoure, you muft pafs another River, bef'des 

 that which I have mention'd already. There is no Bridge, and therefore when the 

 water is low, you ford it } when the rains fall, there are Boats attending. 



From Sur at to Brampour it is 1 32 Coftes ; and thefe Coftes are very fnort in the 

 Indies i for you may travel one of them in a Coach in lefs than an hour. 



I remember a itrange tumult at Bramponre y in the year i6qi } when I re- 

 turned from ylgra to Surat j the caufe whereof was thus, in fhort : The 

 Governour of the Province, who was the King's Nephew by the Morher's-fide, 

 had among his Pages a young Boy that was rery beautiful, arid of a very good 

 Family, who had a Brother in the City that liv'd as a Dervish 5 and for whom- 



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