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ter. This is inftead of Barley and Oats. As for the King's other Stables, where 

 he has alio very fine HorfeSj they are fcurvy places, ill-built, which deferve nut to 

 be mentioned. 



The Gcmene is a fair River that bears good big Boats, which running to An* 

 lofts its name, falling into Ganges at Hallabas. The King has ieveral lirHH £ r ._ 

 (famines at Gebanabad upon the River, to take his pleafute in j and they ai e very 

 curioufly trimm'd after the manner of the Countrey. 



CHAP. VII. 

 The continuance of the fime RoacI from DchJy to Agra. 



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'Rom Dehly to Badelpoara, coftes • g 



From Badelpoura to Pelvei-ki-fera, coftes !§ 



From Pelvel-ki-fcra to Cotkt-fera, coftes l( . 



From CotkJ-fera to Cbel^i-fcra, coites 25 



At Cbekj-fera is one of the greatelt Fagods of the Indians, together with an 

 Hofpital for Apes ; as well for thole that breed there-abouts, as fur thole that 

 come from the neighbouring-parts, which the Banians art very careful to feed. 

 This Pagod is call'd Aiatura, and it was formerly in far greater veneration than 

 it is at this day. The realbn is, becaufe thc-demene ran then jult at the very foot 

 of the Pagod 5 wherein the Banians, as well thofe of the Countrey, as thofe that 

 came from remote parts in Pilgrimage, had the convenience to warn thcmfelres 

 before they went to their Devotions ; and when they had pertorm'd them, to 

 warn again before they eat ; which they are not to do ere they have wafh'd /be- 

 lieving alfo that if they warn in running-water, their fins will be the more eafily 

 defae'd. But fome years fince the River, changing its courte more to the North- 

 ward, comes not within a good league of the Pagod, which is the reafbn that the 

 Pilgrims have deferted it. 



From Chekj-fera to Goodkj-fera, coftes ^ 



From Goodkj-fera to Agra, coftes £ 



Agra lies in 27 dcg. 31 min. of Lat. and in a Sandy-foil, which caufes extre- 

 mity of heat. It is the biggeft City in India, and formerly the Reikfcnce of their 

 Kings. The Houfes Of great Perfons are fair, and well-built ; but the Houfes of 

 the meaner-ibrt are as plain, as in all the other Cities of Indt*. They are built a 

 gooddiftance one from another, and hid by the height of their Walls, to keep 

 their Women from being feen : So that it may be eafily conjecTur'd that their 

 Cities are nothing fo pleafant as ours in Europe. Add to this, that Agra being en- 

 compaft round with the Sands, the heats are there very exceiFive, which con- 

 ftrain'd Cha-jehan to remove from thence, and to keep his Court at Gebanabad. 



All that is remarkable in Agra is the King's Palace ; and fome Monuments as 

 well near the City, as in the parts about it. The Palace of the King is a vaft piece 

 of ground encompaft with a double-wall, which is terrafs'd in fome parts, and. 

 in thofe parts are built certain Lodgings for fome of the Officers of the 

 Court : The Gemeae runs before the Palace 5 but between the Wall and the 

 River there is a large fpace of ground, where the King caufes his Elephants to 

 fight. This Field is on purpofe near the water, becaufe that the Elephant which 

 gets the viftory, being in a fury, they could not bring him to himfelf, did they 

 not drive him into the River : to which end they are fore'd to have recourfe to 

 Policy, by tying Squibs and Crackers to the end of an Half-Pike, and then giving 

 fire to them to fright him into the water : for when he is in but two or three- 

 foot-deep, he is prefently appeas'd. 



There is a wide Piavut upon one fide of the City before the Palace, and the 

 firft Gate, wherein there is nothing of magnificence, is guarded by a few Soul- 

 diers. Before the King removed his Court from Agra to Gebanabad, when he 

 went into the Countrey for fome time, he gave to fome one of his greateft 

 Omrah x 3 who was his Confident, the Guard of his Palace, where his Treafure lay j 



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