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nothing worth the obferving about thefe Serraglios^ unlels in that which is 
called cbektferai^ which is lix Leagues from Agra. In that place there is The Pagod ot 
the Ancient Temple of an Idol, and it may be reckoned amongft the chekifsrp.i. 
largeft and faircft Pagods of the Indies. It was more frequented than now 
it is, when the Gemna wafhed the Walls therepf, becaiife of the conveni- 
ence of Ablutions : But though that River hath fallen off alnloft half a 
League from it, yet many Indians ftill refort thither,, who forget not to 
bring with them Food fot the Apes that are kept in an Hqfpital built for AnHofpitalfor 
rhem. . . ^p"- 
Though the Road I have been fpeaking of be tolerable_, yet it hath many 
inconveniencies. One may meet with Tygres, Panthers and Lions upon 
it -, and one had beft alio have a care of Roobers, and above all things 
not to fuffer any body to come near one upon the Road. The cun- 
ningeft: Robbers in the World are in that Countrey. They ufe a certain The Robbers; 
Slip with a running-noofe, which they can caft with fo much flight a- 
bout a Mans Neck, when tliey are within reach of him, that they never 
fail i fo that they llrangle him in a trice. They have another cunning 
trick âlib to catch Travellers with : They fend out a handfome Woman Dangerous 
upon the Road, who with her Hair deftievelled, feems to be all in Tears, Jî^g aSd f°" 
lighingaud complaining of fome misfortune which (he pretends has be- ^^lra°u>Dehh 
fallen her ; Now as ftie takes the fame way that the Traveller goes, he 
eafily falls into Converlation with her, and finding her beautiflil, offers her 
his afliftance, which fhe accepts -, but he hath no fooner taken her up be- 
hind him on Horfe-back, but fhe throws the fnare about his Neck and 
ftrangles him, or at Icaft ftuns him, until the Robbers (who lie hid) come 
ïunning in to her afTiftance and compleat what fhe hath begun. But be- 
iides that, there are Men in thofe quarters fo skilful in cafting the Snare, 
that they fucceed as well at a diilance as near at hand 5 and if an Ox or any 
other Beaft belonging to a Caravan run away, as fometimes it happens, 
they fail not to catch it by the Neck. 
There are three Towns of Dehly near to one another : The firft (which "^j"'^^ Towns 
is entirely deftroy'd, and whereof fome Ruins only remain,) was very an- xhf fitft Vow 
cient, aud the learned Indians will have it to have been the Capital Town of %eliy: 
of the States of King form^ fo famous for the W ar which he maintained 
againft Alexander the Great. It was nearer the Source of the Gemm than the 
two others that have been built fince. The Indians fay it had two and 
fifty Gates, and there is ffill at fome diftance from its Ruins, a Stone- 
bridge, from whence a Way hath been made with lovely Trees on each 
fidcj which leads to the fécond Dehly ^ by the place where the Sepulchre of The Sepulchre 
Cha-Hi^mayon is. _ of Cha-Hu- 
This Second Town of Dehly is that which was taken by the King, whom 
they call the firft Conquerour of the Indies arnongil the Modern Moguls, 
though his Father Mirzahakr had invaded it before. It was then beautifi- / 
ed with a great many ffately Sepulchres of the Patan Kings, and other 
Monuments which rendred it a very lovely Town -, but Cha-Gehan the 
Father of King Auran-Zeb^ demoliftied it for the Building of Qehan Abad. 
Towards the Sepulchre of Humayon^ there is a Pyramide pr Obelisk of ^ p . , - 
Stone, which by its unknown Charaders ftiews a great Antiquity, and grea^A^tiq^^ 
which is thought in the Indies to have been eretSted hy Alexander'' s, order, ty towards 
after the defeat of Vorm. This I cannot believe, bccaufe I make no doubt, J^ehiy. 
but tliat the Infcription would then have been in Greek,- which is npt 
The Third Town of Dehly is joyned to the remains of the Second : The Third 
Cha-Gehan relblving to imitate King Echar.^ and to give his Name to a new Town of Del- 
Town, caufcd this to be built of the Ruinesof the Second Z)f^/7, and called ^• 
it Gehan-Abad : So the Indians call it at prefent, though aroongft other Na- 
tions it ftill retaifts the Name of Dehly. It lies in an open Champian Coun- 
trev upon the brink of the Gettma.^ which hath its fource in this Province, 
and runs into the Ganges. The Fortrcfs of it is half a League in circuit. The Fort of 
and hath good Walls with round Towers ever)^ ten Battlements, and 
Ditches full of Water, wharffed with Stone, as likewife lovely Gardens 
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