Book I. 



Travels in India. 



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From Gate to Nader, coftes ^ 

 Nader is a great City upon the defcent of a Mountain, at the top whereof is 

 a kind of a Fortrefs ; all the Mountain being encompaft with walls. The greateft 

 part of theHoufes, as in all other Cities of India, are thatch'd with ftraw, one 

 Story high ; but the Rich-men's Houfes, are two Stories, and rerrafs 'd. Round 

 about the City are feveral great Ponds to be feen, which were formerly encom- 

 paft with hewn-ftone, but now are not at all look'd after ; yet there are very fair 

 Monuments about them. The fame River which we paft the day before,and which 

 we repafs four or five Coftes on this fide Nader, encompaffes three parts of the 

 City and Mountain, like a Peninfula, and after a long winding-courfe which it takes,, 

 falls at length into Ganges. At Nader they make a great quantity of quilted- 

 Coverlets, fome white, others embroidered with Flowers of Gold, Silk and Satin. 

 From Nader to Barqui-fera, coftes 9 

 From Barqui-fera to Trie, coftes ^ 

 From Trie to Goualeor, coftes . . ,6 



Goualeor is a great City ill-built, like all the reft, after the manner of the In- 

 dians 5 it is built all along the fide of a Mountain that lies upon the Weft-fide, of 

 it ; and which at the top is encompaft with Walls and Towers. There are in this 

 Enclofure feveral Ponds made by the rains -, and what they fow there is fufficient 

 to keep the Garrifon : For which reafbn it is efteem'd one of the beft in the In- 

 dies. Upon the defcent of the Hill, which looks towards the North-eaft, Çha- 

 jehan built an Houfe of Pleafure ; from whence there is a Profpect over all the 

 City, and indeed it may ferve for a Garrifon. Below the Houfè are to be feen fe- 

 veral Idols cut out of the Rock, reprefenting the fhapes of their Gods : And 

 among the reft, there is one of an extraordinary heighth. „ ) 



Since the Mahometan Kings became Mafters of this Countrey, this Fortrefs of 

 Goualeor is the place where they fecure Princes and great Noblemen. Cba-jeban 

 coming to the Empire by foul-play, caus'd all the Princes and Lords whom he 

 miftrufted, to be feiz'd one after another, and fent them to the Fortrefs of Goua- 

 leor 5 but he fuffer'd them all to live, and enjoy their Eftates. Aureng-z.eb his Son 

 acls quite otherwife : For when he fends any great Lord to this place, at the end 

 of nine or ten days he orders him to be poifbn'd ; and this he does that the peo- 

 ple may not exclaim againft him fora bloody Prince. So fbon as he had in his 

 clutches Prince Morat-Bakche his youngeft Brother, whom he engaged to take 

 Arms againft his Father Cha-jehan -, and who being Governour of the Province 

 of Guz,erat, took upon him the Title of King, he fent him to this Fortrefs, where 

 he dy'd. They have made him a moft magnificent Monument in the City in a 

 Mofquee, which they built on purpofe, with a great Piazza before it all fur- 

 rounded with Vaults and Shops over them. For it is the cuftom of the Indians, 

 when they rear any publick Building, to make a great Piaxj~a before it, where 

 they keep their Markets, with a Foundation for the Poor, to whom they give 

 Alms every day, as being to pray to God for him that rais'd the Fabrick. 

 Five Coft's from Goualeor, you ford a River which is call'd Lantke* 

 From Goualeor to Paterki-fera, coftes 3 

 From Paterki-fera to Sihtariqui-fera, coftes 10 

 There is a Bridg at Paterki-fera $ confifting of fix wide Arches $ and thé River 

 you go over is call'd Quarinado. 



From Jj>uariki-fera to Dolpoura, coftes 6 

 At Dolpoura there is a great River which is call'd Chammelnadi, to which there 

 belongs a Ferry-Boat: The River it felf falls into the Gemena between Agra and 

 Halabas. 



From Dolpoura to Minafqui-fera, coftes . f 

 At MinafcfUi-fera there is a River, which is call'd fagounadi. You pafs it over 

 a very long Bridg, built of Stone, the name whereof is faoulcapoul. 

 From Minafqui-fera to this Bridg, coftes 1 o 



Not far from this Bridg it is, that they view the Merchants Goods, that when 

 they come to Agra they may not be deceiv'd of their duties. But more parti- 

 cularly to fee whether among the Casks of Fruits picWd in Vinegar, in pots of 

 GlafSj there be no flasks of Wine. 



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