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The Stone is of a grey colour, and 16 hard that I could not i crape it with my 

 j^nife. As it is Pyramidical, there is a great Bowl at the top, which is en- 

 compats'd at the upper end with huge Grains of Wheat. All the fronts of 

 the Tomb are full of figures of Animals cut in the Stone ; and it has been 

 higher above ground than now it feems to be, for feveral old men, thatlook'd 

 to fume of the Sepulchers, affur'd me, that within thefe fifty years it had funk 

 above thirty foot into the Earth. They tell you moreover, that it is the Se- 

 pulcher of one of the Kings of Boatan, who was interr'd here after he had left 

 his own Countrey to conquer this Kingdom, out of which he was driven by 

 the Succelfors of Tamerlane. The Kingdom of Boutan is the place from whence 

 they fetch Musk, and I will give you a defcription of it in my third Book. 



I ftay'd at Banarou the nib and 13/-/; ; and during thole two days it rain'd 

 continually, but not lb as to ftop my journey ; lb that the evening of the thir- 

 teenth day I crofs'd the Ganges, with the Governours Pals-port. Before you 

 go into the Boat, they fearch the Travellers baggage 3 wearing Apparel how- 

 ever pays nothing of Cuftom, but only Merchandife. 

 The iyb, I went to Batcrponr, coftes 2 



The 14^, to Satraguy-fera, coltes 8 



The i$th } to Momar^j-fra, coftes 9 



The fame day in the morning, after I had travefd two Leagues,! crofs'd a 

 River call'd Camafarfou ; and three Leagues from thence I crols'd another, 

 which they call Saodc-fou ; both which I foarded. 

 The 16th, to Gourmabad, coltes 8 



This is a Town upon a River call'd Gondera-fiu, which is crofs'd over a Stone- 

 Bridg. 

 The 17th, to Safer on, coftes 4 



S.jfcron is a City at the foot of certain Mountains, near to which there is 

 a great Lake. In the middle whereof there is a fmall Ifland, with a fair Mofquee 

 built upon it 5 wherein is to be feen, the Scpulcher of a Njhab or Favourite, 

 call'd Setim-Kan ; who built it when he was Governour of the Province. There 

 is a fair Bridg to crofs over into the Illand, pav'd and lin'd with large free 

 Stone. Upon one fide of the Lake is a great Garden, in the middle whereof 

 is another fair Sepulcher of the Son of the lame Nabab, Selim-Kan, whofuc- 

 ceeded his Father in the Government of the Province. If you would go to 

 the Mine of Sottlmelpottr, whereof I (hall Ipeak in the la ft Book of thefe Re- 

 lations, you mult leave the great Road to Patna, and bend to the South through 

 txberbourgh, and the famous Fortrefs of Rhodes, of which I fhall treat in the 



lame place. ,/.,,. 



The 18//', I ferry 'd in a Boat over the River Sonfou, which defcends from 

 the Southern Mountains ; after you have crols'd it, the Merchandife pays a cer- 

 tain Toll. . 



The lame day 1 travel'd on to Daoud-Nagar-fera , where there is a lair 



Tomb, coltes 9 



The 19*6, to Halva-fera, coltes IO 



The zotb, to slga-fera, coftes ;.-.- J , , r fi , • ? 



In the morning I met a hundred and thirty Elephants, great and fmall, which 

 they were leading to Debit to the great Mogul. 

 The one and twentienth, to Pat ha, coftes *° 



PatnA is one of the greateft Cities of India, upon the Bank of Ganges, to- 

 ward the Welt j not being lets than two Leagues in length. But the Houfcs 

 are no fairer than in the greatelt part of the other Cities of India 1 j being 

 cover'd with Bambonck., or^Straw. The Holland Company have a Houfe there 

 by reafon of their Trade in Saltpeter, which they refine at a great Town call d 

 Cboupar, which is alfo fcituated upon Ganges, ten Leagues above £*'"*• 



Comine to Patna, we met the Hollanders, in the Street returning from Cbou- 

 par, who ftop'd our Coaches to falute*us. We did not part, till we had emptied 

 two Bottles of Schiras Wine in the open Street ; which is not taken notice of 

 in that Country, where people meet with an entire freedom without any Cere- 



T ftav'd eieht days at Patna, during which time there fell out an accident 



3 b * which 



