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lufter, and a little Chamber for the Ladies. When Perfons of Quality care not to 

 be in their Houfes,, they fet up Tents in their Gardens ; and you muft take notice 

 that there is no dwelling for any perfon but only in the three Houfes } for the 

 fourth, which is the faireft, belongs only to the Queen. When me is not there 

 however, any body may fee it, and take a walk in the Garden, which is a very 

 lovely place, and well-ftor'd with water. The whole Piazza is encompaft with 

 feveral Chambers for the lodging of poor Travellers j who every day toward the 

 evening have an Alms beftow'd upon them, of Rice, or Pulfe, which they boil 

 ready to their hands. But for the Idolaters that eat nothing which is provided 

 by other hands, they give them flower to make Bread, and a little Butter. For 

 when their Bread is bak'd like a broad thin Cake, they dip it in the melted-But- 

 ter. 



From Tcnara to fatenagar, coftes iz 

 From fatenagar to Patengi, coftes 12 

 From Patengi to Pengeul, coftes 14 

 From Pengeul to Nagelpar, coftes JZ 

 From Nagelpar to Lakabaron, coftes II 

 From Lakabaron to Coulour or Gani, of which I mail fpeak in my dncourfe of 

 the Mines, coftes 11 

 The greateft part of the way from Lakabaron to Coulour^ efpeciallv when you 

 come near to Coulour , is very rocky ; fo that I was forc'd in fome places to take 

 my Coach off the Carriages, Avhich was prefently done. If you meet with any 

 good Earth between thofe Rocks, there you fhall find Cajfia-Trees, that bear the 

 beft Cajfia, and the moft laxative in all India. Which I found by its working with 

 my men that eat of it by the way. 



There runs a great River by the Town of Coulour, which falls into the Gulf of 

 Bengala neer Majlipatan. 



From Coulour or Gani, to Kah-Kaly, coftes , 12 

 From Kah-Kaly to Bezjouar, coftes , 6 



Near to Bex.ouar you muft repafs the River of Coulour. 



From Bez.ouar to V mchir, coftes «g, 

 From V mchir to Nilimor, coftes 4, 

 About half the way between Vouchir and fJilimor, you muft crofs a great 



River upon a Float-boat of Timber, there being no other kind of Boat in tbac 



place. 



From Nilimor to Milmol, coftes 6 

 From Af//»W to Mafllpatan, coftes ^ 

 Majlipatan is a great City, the Houfes whereof are only of Wood, built at a 

 diftance one from another. The place it felf, which ftands by the Sea, is famous 

 for nothing but the Road for Ships which belongs to it, which is the beft in the 

 Gulf of Bengala ■ and from hence they let Sail for Pegu, for Si am, for Aracan, 

 for Bengala, tor Cochmchiw, for Mecca, and for 0rmus 3 as alfo for the Iflands of 

 Madagascar, Sumatra and the ManilWs. 



You muft take notice, that from Golconda to Majlipatan, there is no travelling 

 by Waggons, by reafbn of the high Mountains , Lakes and Rivers that make the 

 Road very ftreight and impaflable. 'Tis a very difficult thing to carry a little 

 Coach thither } for I was forc'd to have my own taken off the Carriages, and fb 

 to have it lifted out of the bad way. The Road is every jot as bad between 

 Golconda and Cape-Comorin $ a Waggon being hardly fo much as made mention of 

 all the way -, for that there is no other way to travel, or for the carriage of 

 Goods, than with Horfes and Oxen. But inftead of Coaches, they have the con- 

 venience of Pallekje's, wherein you are carried with more fpeed and more cafe 

 fchan in any part of India. 



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