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is the place whither all the Banians come, that trade into Per fa, where they 

 follow the fame Trade as the f'hfs, and out-do them in tifury. They have a 

 particular Law among them, which permits them to eat Fowl upon certain 

 days in the year ; and not to have more than one Wife among two or three 

 Brothers, the eldcft whereof is accounted the Father of the Children. This 

 City alfo breeds abundance of Dancers, of both Sexes, that ipread themfelves all 

 over Perjia. 



I come now to the Road from Candahar to Agra, through C about and Labor. 

 From Candabar to Cbarifafar, colics jo 



From Cbarifafar to Zelate, coftes i 2 



Frotn Zelate to Betazy, coites 8 



From' Betdzy to Meinour, coftes 6 



From Meinour to Carabat, coftes 17 



From Carabat to Cbakcnicou^e, coftes 17 



From Candabar to Cbakt ■mcouz.e, a Frontier Town of the Indies, is a Coun- 

 try under the command of fcveral Princes, that acknowlcdg the Pcrfian Em- 

 peror. 



From Chahcmcou^ to Caboul, coftes 40 



In all rheie forty Coftes of way, there are but three pitiful Villages ; where 

 fometimes, though very rarely, you have Bread and Barley for your Horlesj 

 but the fureft way is to carry provifion along with you. In the Months of 

 fuly and Augufi, there blows a hot Wind in thofe parts, that takes away a 

 mans breath, and kills him upon the place ; being of the fame nature with 

 thofe Winds, of which I have fpoken in my Perfian Relations, that blow at 

 certain feafons near Babylon and Moujjul. 



Caboul \s a large City, very well fortified ; and is the place where thofe 

 of Vshek. come every year to fell their Horfes. They reckon, that there are 

 bought and fold, every year, above fixty thoufand. They bring alfo out of 

 Perjia, great numbers of Sheep, and orher Cattel ; it being the general Con- 

 coutfc of Perfans, Tartar 'tans, and Indians. There is alfo Wine to be had ; 

 but Provifions go off at a very good rate. 



Before I go any farther, I muft take notice of one thing in particular, con- 

 cerning the people call'd Augans, who inhabit from Cmd.ib.tr to Caboul, to- 

 ward the Mountains of Batch, a fturdy fort of people, and great Robbers in 

 the night-time. It is the cuftom of the Indians to cleanfc and fcrape their tongues 

 every morning with a crooked piece of a root, which caufes them to void a great 

 quantity of Flegm and Rhume, and provokes vomiting. Now though thofe 

 people that inhabit the Frontiers of Perjia and India practice the fame thing; 

 neverthelefs they vomit very little in the morning, but when they come to eat, 

 as Toon as they have fwallowed two or three bits, their lungs begin to (well,- and 

 they are conftrain'd to go forth and vomit ; after which, they return again to 

 their Victuals with a very good appetite. Should they not do fo, they would 

 not live above thirty years } and befides,. they would be croubl'd with the 

 Dropfy. 



From Caboul to Bariabe, coftes 19 



From Bariabe to Nimela, coftes 17 



From Nimela to Aliboua, colter 1 9 



From AUboua to Taka, coftes 17 



From Taka to Kiemri, coftes 6 



From Kiemri to Cbaour^ coftes 14 



From Chaour to Novechaar, coftes 14 



From Novechaar to Atek^, coftes 1$ 



Atel^ is a City fituated upon a point of Land where two Rivers meet together. 



'Tis one of the beft and ftrongeft Garrifons the Great Mogul has ; into which 



there is no ftranger permitted to enter without a Paffport from the King. Father 



Roux the Jefuit and his Companion, going this way to Ifpaban, and not having 



the King's Paffport, were fore'd to return back to Labor, where they cmbark'd 



upon the River for Scimdi, from whence they paft into Perjia, 



From Atei^to Calapane, coftes 16 



From Calapane to favpate, coftes 1 6 



From 



