Book I Travels in India. 3 



From Gate to Nad.r, coltcs _ 4 



Wader is a great City upon the defcent of a Mountain, at the top whereof is 

 a kind of a Fortrefs ; all the Mountain being encompaft with wall?. The greateft 

 part oif the Houfes, as in all other Cities of India, are thatch'd with ftraw, one 

 StoiV high ; but the Rich-men's Houfcs, are two Stories, and terraiVd. Round 

 about the City are icvcral great Ponds to be leen, which were formerly encom- 

 paft with hewn ftone, but now are not at all look'd after; yet there are very fair 

 Monun its about them. The fame River which we pail the day beforehand which 

 we re a. four or five Coftes on this fide Nader, encompafies three parts of the 

 City and Mountain, like a Peninfala, and after a long winding-courfe which it takes, 

 falls at length into Ganges. At Nader they make a great quantity of quilted- 

 Coverlets,Vbme white, others embroidered with Flowers of Gold, Silk and Satin. 

 From Nader to Bar qui- [era, coftes 9 



From j>arqui-fera to Trie, coftes 3 



From Trie to Goualeor, coftes § 



Gonaleor is a great City ill-built, like all the reft, after the manner of the In- 

 dians j it is bulk all along the fide of a Mountain that lies upon the Weft-fide of 

 it • and which at the top is encompaft with Walls and Towers. There are in phis 

 Enclolure feveral Ponds made by the rains ; and what they fow there is Sufficient 

 to keep the Garrifon : For which reafon it is efteem'd one of the belt in the In- 

 dia Upon the defcent of the Hill, which looks towards the North-eaft, Gb'a- 

 khan built an Houle of Pleafure ; from whence there is a Profpect over all the 

 Sty and indeed it may ferve for a Garrifon. Below the Houfe are to be icen fe- 

 vcr'ui Idols cut out of the Rock, reprefenting the fhapes of their Gods: And 

 among the reft, there is one of an extraordinary heighth. ^ , 



Since the Mahometan Kings became Mafters of this Countrev. this Fortrels ot 

 Cou. ■ is the place where they fecure Princes and great Noblemen. Cba-jeban 

 coming ro the Empire by foul-play, caus'd all the Princes and Lords whom he 

 miitruitcd, to be lei/.'d one after another, and fent them to the Fortrels of Goua- 

 leor ; but he lurfer'd them all ro live, and enjoy their Kftates. Aurer.g-z.eb his Son 

 ads unite otherwife : For when he lends any great Lord to this place, at the end 

 of nine or ten days he orders him to be poifon'd 5 and this he does that the peo- 

 ple may not exclaim againft him for a bloody Prince. So loon as he had in his 

 clutches Prince Morat-Ba^he his youngeft Brother, whom he engaged to take 

 Arms againft his Father Cb*-jehan % and who being Governour of the Province 

 of G^rar, took upon him the Title of King, he fent him to this Fortrels, where 

 hcdv'd They have made him a molt magnificent Monument in the City in a 

 JAW, which they built on purpole, with a great #*#* before it all fur- 

 rounded with Vaults and Shops over them. For it is the cuftom of the Indians, 

 when th-y rear any publick Building, to make a great PUxxa before «t, where 

 they keen their Markets, with a Foundation for the Poor, to whom they give 

 Alms every day, as being to pray to God for him that nitdtte Fabric* 

 Five Coji's from Goualeor, you ford a River which is call d Lantke. 

 From Goualeor to Parcri^-fera, coftes 3 



From Patcrh-fera to .Quartqtti-fera, coftes .in- 10 



There is a Bi idg at Paterkt-fefa, confifting\>f fix wide Arches } and the Rivet 

 you go over is call'd JQuarinadi. l 



From Muariki-fera to Doipoura, coftes . 



At 0,W* there is a great River which is call'd Chammclnadi, to which there 

 belongs a Ferry-Boat : The River it fclf falls into the Gemcna between Agra and 



Halabas. g 



From Dolpoura to Minafam-fcra, coftes . , • nvpr 



At Minafoui-fera there is a River, which is call'd fagounad,. You pafs it over 



a very long Bridg, built of Stone, the name whereof is faoulcapohl. * 



From Mmafoui-fcra to this Bridg, coftes . < , 



Not far Horn this Bridg it is, that they view the Merchants Goods, that when 



thev come to Apa they may not be deceiv'd of their duties. But more parti- 



cuSrfy io lee whether among the Casks of Fruits picklM in Vinegar, in pots of 



Glafs, there be no flasks of Wine. 



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