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all the* Town had a very great veneration. One clay the Governour, being alone m 

 his Chamber, did all that lay in his power, by vertueof Colt- andCarcffes to have 

 had the tile of his Body ■, bur the B - detefting his abominable purpofe, made bis 

 clcape from him/and came and told his Brother The Dervich,mthou\ deliberating 

 what Couneel ho bad to give his younger Brother, gave him a Sword, fucE a 

 one as he might eafily bide under his Garments arid told Imn, that if the 

 Govemour urg'd him any more, that ho mould make a mew of complying 

 with him, but that when he went about to do the faft, he (hould be Pure to 

 run him into the Guts. The Govcrnour, whdfcnow nothing of .what the Page 

 had reveaPd to his Brother, ceas'd not every day to court him to content to 

 his infamous luft; and being one day alone with him in a (mall Apartment of 

 a Banquetting-Houfe, at the lower end of his Garden, he I I foi his Page Cq 

 fan him, and to keepoff the Flies, after the fafhion of the Country j tor it was 

 about noon, when every one goes to fleep. Then did the Govcrnour begin 

 again to prefs the young Page ; and finding that he made no re iftance, he 

 thought he fhould Suddenly accomplifh his defign. But the Page feeing him 

 ready to commit the aft, ftabd him three times into the Belly, before he 

 could open his mouth to cry out for help, That dove, the Page went out 

 of the Palace, without any disturbance In his countenance? (o that the Guards 

 believ'd that the Govcrnour had lenr him out upon fome errand. The Der- 

 vicb underitanding by his Brother what had pals'd, to lave him from the ffirj 

 of the people, and to difcover the Infamy of the Govcrnour, causa the reftof 

 the Dcrvichs his Companions, to take the Banners of Mahomet , that were 

 planted round the Mofjuee • and at the lame time with loud ones encouragd 

 all the reit of the Dervichs, 3 Faquirs, and Others that were good Afafmmetans^ 

 to follow him. In lels than an hours time he had got together an infinite 

 multitude of the Rabble, and the j>ervich marckingat the head of them, they 

 made directly to the Palace, crying out with all their might, Let us dye f« 

 Mahomet, or let us have that infamous pcrfon aeliver'd up into our hands i to the. 

 end the Dogs may eat him after his death, not. beSnv worthy to be enter r' a a, iongt\.t 

 Mujfelmen. The Guard of the Palace was not in a condition to refilt fo great 

 a Multitude, fo that they mult have been forced to have yeilded to their fun', 

 had not the Deroga of the Town, and lome five or lix Lords, found a way 

 to make themfelves to be heard, and to appcaie them, by reprcfenting to them, 

 that they ought to have iome refpect to the No} hew of the King ; by 

 that means obliging them to retire. That night the Body of the Gove moor 

 was fent to- Agra, with his Haram; and Ch.i-jehan, who then reign'd, being 

 jnform'd of the" accident, was not much troubwi, becaule he is Heir to all the 

 goods of his Subjects ; and at the lame time he bcltovv'd upon the Page a 

 finall Government in the Province of Bengala, 



From Brampour to Piombi-fera, coftes > 



Before we go any farther, you muft take notice, that where-ever you meet 

 with the word Sera, it fignifies a great Enclofure of Walls and Hedges, within 

 which are about fifty or fixty Huts, cover'd over with Straw. There are fume 

 men and women that there put to fale Flower, Rice, Butter, and Herbs, and 

 make it their bufinefs to bake Bread and boil Rice. If there be any Mahu- 

 metan in that place, he will go to the City, and buy a little piece of Mut- 

 ton, or a Fowl ; and thofe that fell Victuals to the Travellers, always cleanfe 

 the Hut which they take up, and put into it a little Bed with girths, to lay 

 a Mattrefs er Quilt upon, which the Travellers carry along with them. 

 From Piombi-fera to Pander, coftes 3 



From Pander to Balki-fera, coftes 6 



From Balkj-fera to Nevilki-fcra, coftes 5 



t From Ncvilkt-fera to Confemba, coftes $ 



From Confemba to Chempore, coftes 3 



From Chempore to Charava, coftes # 



From Charava to Bich-ola, coftes 8 



From Bich-ola to Andy, coftes 4 



At Andy you muft pals a River that falls into Ganges, between Banarou and 

 Patna, 



From 



