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Indians is the higheft indignity can be put upon a man, after which he is no more 

 to appear in the Prince's prefence. This was done by confent between the Prince 

 and the General, to deceive the World, more efpecially any Spies which the King 

 of frfipour might have in the Prince's Army. The report of Afi-Karis difgrace 

 W as immediately fpread abroad : and he himfelf flying for Sanduajy to the King 

 f P r ;fapour, who had not cunning enough to difcern the impoiture, was welcom'd 

 bv the fame King, and aflur'd of his protection. Ajl-Kan feeing himfelf fo well- 

 reVeiv'd, begg'd leave of the King, that he might retire with ten or twelve of 

 his Women, and as many of his Servants, into the Fortrefs of Dultabat, Which 

 was granted. He enter'd the Town with eight or ten Camels, the two Cajavals 

 or Litters on each fide of the Camel being clofe fhut, to keep the Women from 

 being feen. But inftead of W T omen, he had put into every Ca.ja.va, two Souldiers, 

 all bold and rcfolv'd men, as were alfo every one of the fuppos'd Eunuchs that 

 led the Camels : fo that he had no great difficulty to cut the Garrifon in pieces, 

 not being upon their guard ; and to make himfelf Matter of the place, which has 

 been ever fince under the Power of the Great Mogul. There are in the place a 

 great number of excellent Pieces of Cannon, and the Cannoniers are generally 

 Enilifhot Hollanders. True it is, that there is one little Mountain higher than 

 the Fortrefs; but there is hardly any way to it, but through the fame Fortrefs. 

 There was a D«rc£-Engineer, who after he had ferv'd the King fifteen or fixteen 

 years defir'd leave to be gone, and the Holland-Company it felf, that had recom- 

 mended him to the Service, did all they could to obtain it j but they could ne- 

 ver procure it ; becaufe he was an excellent Cannonier, and very skilful in making 

 Fire-works. The Raja, fetfeing, who is the moft Potent of all the Idolatrous 

 Princes of India and who was moft powerfully Inftru mental to put the Crown 

 upon Aureng-zj&s Head, was fent as G«*raUffimo of the Army of this King, 

 aeainft the Raja Seva-gi% and pafTing by the Fortrefs of Duhabat, this Dutch- 

 Cannonier went to wait upon him, all the Cannoniers of the Army being Fran- 

 cms as well as he. The Hollander laying hold of this opportunity, told the Raja, 

 that' if he would procure him a Licence to depart, he would mew him a way to 

 set up Cannon, and to mount them upon that Mountain which commanded the 

 Fortrefs : for they had already wall'd it about, and put Souldiers upon it to keep 

 it fecure The Raja pleas'd with his propoial, aflur'd him that he would procure 

 him the king's Licence, if he perform d what he had proposed. Thereupon the 

 Holl wdcr undertaking and accomplishing his defign, the Raja was as good as his 

 word and obtain d of the King to difmifs the Z>*r*£-.Cannonier : who came to 

 Surat when I was there, about the beginning of the year 16673 whence he em- 

 bark'd for Holland. 



From Dultabat to Aureng-abat, coftes 4 



Aureni-abat was formerly but a Village, till Aurcug-ub made it a City, though 

 it be not wall'd. It grew to be thus enlarg'd, as well by rea(on of a Lake two 

 leagues about, upon Which the Village is built, as for the Memorys-fake of his 

 firft Wife who is dead, by whom he had his Children. She is Interr'd toward 

 the end of the Lake, upon the Weft-fide, where the King has built a Mofquce, with 

 a ftately Monument, and a fair Inn. The Mofjuee and the Monument were rear d 

 at a great expence, being covcr'd with white-Marble, which is brought from Z,*- 

 hor by Waggon ; being a journey of four Months. Going one time from Sura* 

 to Golconda,\ met five days journey from Aureng-abat, more than three-bunder d 

 Waggons laden with this Marble, the leaft whereof was drawn by twelve 

 Oxen. g 



From Aureng-abat to Pipoli, coftes 



From Pipoli to Aubar, coftes 



From Aubar to Gutfemner, coftes *° 



From Gmjemner to A fit, coftes , 



From Ajh to Sarvcr, coftes 

 From Sarvcr to Lefona, coftes 

 From Lefona to Nadour, coftes . 



At Nadour you muft crofs a River which runs into Ganges ■ and pay for every 

 Waggon four Roupies ; befides that, you muft have a pafs from the Gover- 



nor - from 



