Book I Travels in India. 4.5 



From RoHpate to Toidapeca, coftes i 1 6 



From Toulapcca to Keraly, coltes 19 



From Keraly to Zerabad, coltes 16 



From Zerabad to Imiabad, coftes 18 



From Imiabad to Labor, coftes 18 



Xrfii&tfr is the Metropolis of a Kingdom, built upon one of the five Rivers that 



defcend from the Mountains of the North to (well the River Indus j and give 



the name of Vttiiab to all the Region which they water. This River at this time 



flows not within a league of the Town, being fubjecc to change its Channel, and 



many times does very great mifchief to the adjoyriing Fields, through the rapid 



deluges which it makes. The City is large, and extends it fclf above a league in 



length. But the greateft part of the Houfes, which are higher than thoie of 



jinra and Deli, fall to ruine, by reafon of the excellive rains that have overflowed 



a great number of them. The King's Palace is an indifferent fair one, and i? not, 



as formerly it was, upon the River, which is falPn off above a quarter of a league 



from it. There is Wine to be had at Labor. 



I muft obferve by the by, that a^ter you have paft Labor, and the Kingdom of 



Kakemir, that lies upon it toward the North, none of their Women have any hair 



upon any part of their bodies, and the Men but very little upon their chins. 



From Labor to Menat-kan, coftes 1* 



From Menat-kan to Faty-abad, coftes I J 



From Faty-abad to Scra-dakan, coftes I J 



From Scra-dakan to Sera-balour, coftes if 



From Sera-balour to Sera-dour ai, coftes . . 12 



From Sera-dourai to Sennde, coftes 17 



From Serinde to Sera-Mogoul, coftes 15" 



From Sera-Mogoul to Sera-Cbabas, coftes 14 



From Sera-Cbabas to Diranril, coftes 17 



From Dirawil to Sera-Crindal, coftes *4 



From Sera-Crmdat to Guicnaour, coftes 2 r 



From Guienaour to Dehly, coftes 24 



Before you go any farther, you are to take notice that all the way from Labor 



to £>^//,and from Dehly to Agra, is a continual Walk fet on both fides with fair 



Trees; an object moft pleafing to the fight : But in feme places the Trees are 



decaid^a™* therc 1S no care ta ^ en ro PIant othcrs in thcir ltead - 



Dehly is a great City near the River Gemma, which runs from the North to 

 the South, afterwards from the Weft to the Eaftj and after it has paft by Agra 

 and KaMone, empties it (elf into the Ganges. After Cba jebav had built the new 

 City of Gebanab.id, which he call'd by his own Name ; and where he choie rather 

 to keep his Court, than at Agra, becaufe the Climate is more temperate. Dchl? 

 is almoft come to mine, and indeed is nothing but an heap of Rubbifh ; there be- 

 ing no other Houfes remaining but only for poor people. The Streets are narrow, 

 and the Houfes of Bambouc, as over all the reft of the Indies. Neither are there 

 above three or four Lords of the Court that refide at Dehly, where they let up 

 their Tents in great Enclofures, and in the lame manner lodged the Reverend 

 Tefuit that was at Court. , 



Gchanabad , as well as Dehly, is a great City ; and there is nothing but a fingle 

 Wall that makes the feparation. All the Houfes of particular men conhit of great 

 Enclofures* in the midit whereof is the place for Lodgings. The greateft part of 

 the Lords do not live in the City, but have their Houles without, for the con- 

 veniency of the water. As you enter into Gehanabad from Dehly, you metrt with 

 a long and broad Street, on each fide whereof are Vaults, where the Merchants 

 keep ihops, being only plat-form'd at the top. This ftreet ends in the great Pta^a 

 before the King's Houfe ; and there is another very fair and large Street that 

 runs toward another Gate of the fame Palace, in which live the gre^t Merchants 

 that keep no Shops. . . . m. W ii r 



The King's Palace takes up above half a league in circuit: The Walls are oi 

 fair cut-Ston<? with Battlements. The Moats are full of water, pav'a -vith Free- 

 itone The great Gate of the Palace has nothing in it of magnificence ; no more 

 than the firft Court, into which the great Lords may enter upon their Elephants. 



Having; 



