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Part III. Travels into I N D I E S. 3 
They feel his Body all over -, and handle every the leaft inch of ftufF a- 
bout him with all exaétnefs if they perceive any thing hard in it, they 
immediately rip it up, and all that can be done, is to fufFer patiently. 
That fearch is long, and takes up above a quarter of an Hour for every . 
Perfon feverally, though at that time they only examine what they have a- 
bout them. If they find Gold or Silver, they take two and a half fer cent. 
and give back the reft -, then the partie is let go, but muft leave his Goods 
and Baggage. 'He that hath been fearched marches out by the Wicket of a 
Gate that opens into the Street, where there is a Guard that fuffers him not 
to pafs without Orders from the Cuftomcr. 
Next Day, all who have left their Goods or Baggage, fail not to come 
to the lame Gate. The Cuftomer comes alfo about ten of the Clock in the 
Morning, and having confidered whether the Seal which the Day before 
he put upon two great Padlocks that hold the great Gate and Wicket fliut, 
be whole or not, he caufes both to be opened. He and his Men go in -, 
the Gate is fliut again, and the Wicket only left open. So ail wait with- 
out till they be called in -, and it was my good fortune to be introduc'd witli 
the firft. 
They prefently bid me own what belong'd to nic, and my Cloakbags be- 
ing brought into the middle of the Hall, they v/ere opened and emptied-, 
every thing was examined one after another : Though I had no Merchant- 
goods, yet all was fearched -, my Quilt was ript up, they undid the Pom- 
mel of one of my Piftols, with Pegs of Iron felt in the Holfters \ and the 
Clerks at length, being fatisfied with the view of my things, I was let go, 
and pay'd only Cuftom for my Money. It was no fmall fortune for mc 
to be fo foon difpatched \ for Men may wait fometimes a Month before 
they can get out their Baggage, and efpecially they who have Merchants- 
goods, for which at that Cuftom-houfe they pay Four in the Hundred, if What is pay'd 
they be Chriftians, and Five in the Hundred it thev be Banians. " "^^^ Cuftom- 
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CHAP. 
Of the Indies. 
Efore I enter into a particular Defcription of what I havefeen in the 
Indies^ it is neceflary for the underftanding of the Countrey, that I 
defcribe the Limits thereof, and fay fomcwhat of their Extent. If one The Limits »f 
would comprehend in the Indies all the Countries which to the Weft border ii^din. 
on the Provinces of v1^f^zcr<5!», oï Sinde^ Candahar znà Kaboul-^ to the Nor fh^ 
or Tartary -, to the Eaft, on China and the Sea -, and to the Sotith.^ on the 
Ocean J there is no doubt but that fo great a number of Kingdoms and Pro- 
vinces muft make a very vaft Countrey : But it may be truly faid, that to 
the Eaft the extent of it, (which is very large) is not as yet well known, fee- 
ing the Traders of Indoftan^ who traffick in China.^ fpend above a Year in 
Travelling from their own Countrey into that -, and that long Journey is à 
good Argument that there are feveral Kingdoms betwixt the Great Moguls 
Countrey, and that of the Emperour of Chma. 
In theufual Divifion of the Indies., that Eaftern part is cûlcà - India be- The Divifion of 
yond the Ganges., as the Weft em is named India on this fide of Ganges. This f'^e Limits of 
latter part is beft known, and is called Indoftan.^ having for its natural Li- ^"'^"fi"^- 
mits to the Weft and Eaft^ the Ganges and Indus ^ which have their Sources Tjjg source of 
in the Mountains of Zagatay and Turqueftan. Thefe tv/o laft Countries Ga-dget. 
border Indoftan on the North-fide, as the Indian-Sea limits it on the 
South., round the Cape of Comory, from the Mouths of Ganges to thofe of 
hdris. 
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