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efteem'd. The grain of it is lels by one half, than the grain of the common 

 Rice j and when it is boil'd, no Ihow is whiter -, but befides all that, it fmells of 

 Musk ? and all the Grandees of the Indians eat no other. When they would 

 make an acceptable Prefent to any one in Perjia, they fend him a lack of this 

 Rice. This River which palTes by Kerkoa and thole other places I have men- 



tioned, empties it lelf into the River of Shy at. 



From Navapoura to N afar bar, coftes. 9 



From Nafarbar to Dol-medan, coftes. 74 



From Dol-medan to Senquera, coftes. 7 



From Senquera to Tallener, coftes. 10 

 At Tallener you are to pafs the River, which runs to Baroche j where it is very 

 large, and empties it felf into the Golf of Cambaja. 



From Tallener to Choupre, coftes. 1 j 



From Coupre to Senquelis, coftes. 1 3 



From Senquelis to Nabir 3 coftes. 1 o 



From Nabir to Badelpoura 3 coftes. 9* 



At Badelpoura it is, where the loaded Waggons pay the duties of Brampour $ 

 but the Waggons that carry nothing but Pafiengers, pay nothing. 



From Badelpoura to Brampour, coftes y 

 Brampour is a great City, very much ruin'd., the Houfes being for the molt 

 part thatch'd with ftraw. There is alfo a great Caftle in the midft of the City, 

 where the Governour lies ; the Government of this Province is a very confidera- 

 ble command ; and is only conferrd upon the Son or Unckle of the King. And 

 uiureng-z.eb 3 the prêtent King, was a long time Governour of this Province in the 

 Reign of his Father. But fince they came to underftand the ftrength of the Pro- 

 vince of Bengala, which formerly bore the Title of a Kingdom, that Province is 

 now the molt confidei able in all the Mogul's, Countrey. There is a great Trade 

 in this City, and as well in Brampore, as over all the Province, there is made a 

 prodigious quantity of Galicuts very clear and white, which are tranlported into 

 Perjia, Turkey and Mufcovia, Poland, Arabia, to Grand Cairo, and other places. 

 There, are fome which are painted with feveral colours, with flowers, of which 

 the Women make Veils and Scarfs $ the fame Caîicuts ferve for . Coverlets of 

 BedSj and for Handkerchiefs. There is another fort of Linnen which they never 

 dye, with a ftripe or two of Gold or Silver quite through the piece, and at each 

 end from the bredth of one inch to twelve or fifteen, in fome more, in fome lels ; 

 they fix a tiflue of Gold, Silver, and Silk , intermix'd with Flowers, whereof 

 there is no wrong-fide, both fides being as fair the one as the other. If thele 

 pieces, which they carry into Poland, where they have a vaft utterance, want at 

 each end three or four inches at the leaft of Gold or Silver ; or if that Gold or 

 Silver become tarnifh'd in being carried by Sea from Surat to Ormus, and from 

 Trebiz.an to Mangala, or any other parts upon the Black-Sea, the Merchant lhall 

 have much ado to put them off without great lofs.He muft take care that his goods 

 be packt up in good Bales, that no wet may get in ; which for fo long a Voyage 

 requires great care and trouble. Some of thefe Linnens are made purpofely for 

 Swathbands or Shalhes, and thofe pieces are call'd Omis. They contain from, 

 1 j to 20 Ells j and coft from an hunderd to an hunderd and fifty Roupies., the leaft 

 not being under tèn or twelve ells. Thofe that are not above two ells long are worn 

 by the Ladies of Quality for Veils and Scarfs, of which there is a vaft quantity ven- 

 ded in Perjia and Turkey. They make at Brampour alfo other forts of Cottôn-Linnen; 

 for indeed there is no Province in all the Indies which more abounds in Cotton. 



When you leave the City of Brampoure, you muft pals another River, befides 

 that which I have mentioned already. There is no Bridge, and therefore when the 

 water is low, you ford it ; when the rains fall, there are Boats attending. 



From Sur at to Brampour it is 1 32 Coftes ; and thele Coftes are very Ihort in the 

 Indies j for you may travel one of them in a Coach in lefè than an hour, 

 à I remember a ftrange tumult at Brampoure 3 in the year 16^1, when I re- 

 fumed from Jlgra to Surat ; the caufe Whereof was thus, in Ihort : The 

 Governour of the Province, who was the King's Nephew by the Mother's-fide a 

 nad among his Pages a young Boy that was very beautiful, and of a very good 

 Fam%, who had a Brother in the City that liv'd as zDervich, arid for whom 

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