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,, ^ for t h c Oxen that carry the Luggage, as foon as ever they come to 

 h! River lick- and that they have unladed them, they only drive them into 

 T River and they will fwim over of themfelves. There are four men 

 ! \x it >nd upri^hr at the four Corners of the Boat, and row it along with 

 i Vnd Pieces of Wood, made like Shovels. If they do not all ftnke their 

 Snakes together, but that any of the four mifles, the Boat will turn round 

 "vJ or three times 5 and the ltream carries it a great way lower than where 



they intended to land. „,-."/. 



The eighteenth, after live hours travel we amy d at MonmaL 



The nineteenth, we travel'd nine Leagues, and lay at SantefeU 



The twentieth, we travel'd nine Leagues more, and lay at Gortmeda. 



The one and twentieth, after fix hours travel, we fpent the night at Kamkn', 

 a Frontier Town in the Kingdom of Golconda, till the Conqueit of Carnatica by 



A/,ririmola. ' . ' 



The two and twentieth, we travel'd feven Leagues, and came to lye at hme- 

 lipgt t When we were about half the way, we met above four thoufand per- 

 rL men and women s and above twenty Pallets, in every one whereof was.. 

 an Idol They were adorn d with Coverings of Sattin, purfled with Gold,, and 

 Velvets with Gold and Silver Fringe. Some of thefe Pallets were born by 

 four men : others by eight, and fome by twelve, according as the Idols were 

 in bieneis and weight. On each fide of the ?*lkki*> waltfd a man, with a large 

 Fan in his hand, five Foot in compafs, made of Oftriches and Peacocks Feathers 

 of various colours. The Handle of the Fan Was five or fix foot long, laid all 

 over with Gold and Silver, about the thicknefs of a French Crown. Every one 

 was officious to carry one of thofe Fans, to keep the Flies ft om the do s 

 Face There was another Fan which was earned dole by the Idol fomewhat 

 krger than the former, without a handle, and was born ,uft like a Tanget. t 

 was adorrfd with Feathers of feveral colours,, and little Bells ot Gold and Sil- 

 ver round about the edges. He that carried it, went always near the Idol upon 

 the fame fide, to (hade toe Idol, for to have {hut the Curtains would tang; 

 been too hot. Ever and anon, he that carried that fort of Fan, wandjlh d it. 

 in the air, to make the Bells ring , which they prclum'd to be a kind of Paftime 

 to the Idol. All thefe people with their Idols came from Brampour and the 

 adjacent, parts, and were going to vilit their great &gy that,* to .lay, then 

 chef God, who ftands in a Pagod in the Territories of the. King of CM^ 

 They had been about thirty days upon the Road, and were to travel fourteen 

 or fifteen more, before they came \o this Pagod, One of my Servants, who 

 was a Native of Brampour, and of the fame Superftition, beg'd me to give him. 

 ve t obear his Gods company, telling, me withall, that he had made a Vow 

 long lince to go this Pilgrimage. I was conftraind to let him go. For had I 

 ot\ en him leave, I knew he would have taken it, by reafon he had much 

 cutuin ance and kindred among the Rabble. About two months after, he re- 

 r ' a.ain to us to S,rar } and "became he had faithful y fervd M°nfieur^i6* 

 ad my ielf, we made no fcruple to take him again. Asking him fome queftions 

 about his Pilgrimage, he related to me this following pailage: Six days ^after 

 he left me, all the Pilgrims had made an account to go and l^ at fuc a £ 

 lage, to which before they came they were to crofc a River, that has but tittle 

 Water in Summer, Co that it is eafily fbrdable. But when it rains mlnd^ the 

 Water falls with fuch a force, that it fcems to be a perpendicular deluges , and 

 in Ids than an hour or two, a fmall River dull (well ^^i^l^mln- 

 The Rains having overtaken thole Pilgrims the River was fwel d ^ £<«" 

 ner that it was impoffible to pals it that day. Now becaule it is not necellary 

 1 , Tr avellers in India to carry provifions, especially for the Idolaters, who never 

 eat any thin, that ever had life , in regard that in the leaft .Village you may 

 me t with abundance of Rice, Meal, Butter, Milk Meats, Lenti s, and other 

 Nft, be ides Sugar, and Sweet-Meats, dry and W^^.^SdST 

 much furprizd, having no Viftuals, when they, came and faw the River i well ^, 

 In fi or hey had nothing to give their Children to eat , which cans d I great. 

 lau^nlationsLnong them. In ^extremity the chiefeft of their *^**g& 

 down in the midft of them, and covering himfelf with a (heet,began to Cry outsat. 



