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Travels in India. Part II. 



bv 24. Yoke of Oxen. A very ftrong Elephant follow'd the Artillery, and when 

 they came to any bad-way, where the Oxen * ere at a Hand, they brought up the 

 Elephant, who heav'd the Cannon forward with his Trunk. Without the JW 

 all along the high-way, there grows a vair number ot great Irces wh.clx they 

 MMMtuesi and in many places neer the 1 ices are to be let n little Paguds, 

 with evety one an Idol at the door. The Elephant paling by one of the Pagods, 

 before which I was lodg'd, at the door whereof there ltood three Idols about five 

 foot high • fo foon as he came near one, he took ir up in his trunk, and broke it in 

 two pieces' • the next he took, he threw it up lb high, and fo far, that lie broke 

 it in four pieces -, and carried away the head of the third along with h.m. Some 

 thoueht that the Gov#rnour of the Elephant had taught him what to do, and made 

 ii<ms to him, which however I did not obferve ; neverthelefs the damans were 

 YCTV much offended, though they durit not fay any thing j tor there was a Guard 

 of above two thoufand men that convoy'd the Artillery, all Souldicrs of the 

 Kine and Mahomet tns, befides Framis, or Franks, B^UJk and Hollanders that 

 were Cannoneers. The King fent this Artillery to his Army in p*q,tanz at Wars 

 with the Raja S«*-$swi*o the ycat before had plunder d frr*; of whom I 

 fhall have occafion to lpeak in another place. 



From ColLifar to San/tie, coites 6 



From Sanfle to Dongry, coites . 4 



From Dor.gr j to Gate, coites 3 



Gate is a itrait pailage of the Mountains, a quarter of a league in length, the 

 defcent whereof leads from Sm* to Agra, At the entry thereof you lee the 

 ruins of two or three Caitles, and the Road is fo narrow, that two Waggons can 

 hardly go a breait. They that come from the South to go to Agra, as from Sk- 

 rat y Goa, I'tfapore, GolcondA, Majhpatan, and other place,, cannot avoid thefe 

 freights* there being no other Road but this, cfpecially if you- take the Road 

 frorn Amadabut. Formerly there was a Gate at each end of the (freight, and 

 at that end which is next to Agra, there arc five or fix Shops ot Bamuns, that 

 fell Flower Butter, Rice, Herbs and Pulle. In my lift Travels I ftaid at one of 

 thefe Shops, to tarry for the Coaches and Waggons, all the Paflengers alighting 

 at the foot of the Streights. Not far off there is a great Magazin full of lacks 

 of Rice and Corn ; and behind every lack lay a Serpent thirteen or fourteen foot 

 Ion?, and proportionable in bigneis. A Woman that went to fetch Corn out of 

 one°of thofefacks, was bitten by one of thole Serpents!, and perceiving her fclf 

 wounded, ran out of the Magazin, crying out R.:r,;> Ram, that is, € God O God; 

 whereupon feveral Banians, nun and women came running to her relief, and 

 bound her arm verv hard above the wound, thinking to Itop the venom from run- 

 ning any higher. But all in vain, for immediately her face lwell'd, and turn'd black, 

 ancPfhe dy'd in lcls than an hour. The Ragipous^ho are the belt Souldiers among 

 the Indmns, and are all Idolaters, came in mir as the woman was expiring, and 

 about four of them entring with their Skains, and Half-pikes in their hands into 

 the Mag .zin, kill'd the Serpent. The people of the Village took and threw it 

 without the Town, and immediately there came a great number of Birds of prey, 

 which lighting upon the Carrion, devour'd it in lefs than an hours time. The Pa- 

 rents of the woman took her body, carri'd it to the River, wafh'd it, and then 

 burnt it I was fore'd to ftay two days at that place, becaufe there was a River 

 to pafs, which initead of falling, fwcll'd at that time, by reafon of the rains that 

 fell for three or four days together : So that I was conftrain'd to go half a league 

 lower before I could crofs it. They always endeavour'd to ford this River j for 

 otherwife they muft be eompell'd to unload the Waggon into the Boats ; and alio 

 to carry the Goods in their arms for above half a league, which is worfe way 

 than can be imagin'd. The people get their livings by the Paffengers, from whom 

 they extort as much as they can, there being none but they that know the ways. 

 Otherwife it would be an eafy thing to make a Bridg, there beine no want either 

 of Wood or Stone near at hand. For the paflage is nothing but thorough Rocks, 

 that lie between the Mountain and the River j fo that the waters when they 

 (well, overflow all the Road, in-ib-much that no-body can pafs it, but they 

 who are very well acquainted with it. 



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