' 42 Travels into //;^ I N D I E S. Part III. ' 
The Kings Pa- rouiid it : And in this Fort is the Palace of the King, and all the Enfignes of 
kceat£).%. the Royalty. 
This Town of Dehly or Gehan-abad^ contrary to that of Agra or Ecbar- 
ahad^ hath no Ditches but Walls filled up with Earth behind, and Towers. 
There is a place towards the Water- fide for the fighting of Elephants,^ and 
other Exercifes -, and towards the Town there is another very large place 
where the Raja\ who are in the Kings Paj^ encamp and keep Guard, and 
where many exercifes are performed. The Market is alfo kept in that 
■ Square, and there Puppet-players, Juglers and Aftrologers Ihew their 
tricks. 
A Defciiption Here I fhould give a defcription of the infide of the Fort and Palace, 
of the Palace. ^^-^^^ haviug bcguu with the two Elephants at the entry which carry two 
A^^iSîaceof Warriours, fpeak of the Canal that enters intoit-, of the Streets that lead 
Dehly. ^'^ ^^'^^ fcvcral Appartmeuts -, of the OiScers and others who are upon the 
Parapets of thefe Streets on Duty -, of the Portico's and ftately Courts of 
Guard, where the Manjepdars and Emirs or Owr^is keep Guard -, of the Halls 
where all forts of Artifans, who have the Kings Pay work -, of that great 
Court of the Amcas with its Arches, and the Confort that's made there -, 
The ofture of ^^^^ -^^cas it fclf, that (lately Hall adorn'd with thirty two Marble-Pil- 
the^oLeiïof lars, where the King ^having all his Officers great and fniall ftanding before 
the Grtat Mo- him, with thcir Hands a-crofs their Breafts; gives every Day at noon Au- 
iul. dience to all who have recourfe to his Juftice, 
I fhould alfo defcribe that other Court, and Inner-hall where the 
Prince gives Audience to his Miniuers, concerning the Affairs of his State, 
and Houfliold, and where the Omras -and other great Men repair every 
Evening to entertain the King in the Perlian Language though they be of 
The Throne of different Nations. In fine, all the particulars of the Palace ought to be 
the Great Mo- dcfcribcd, without forgetting that ftately Throne of Maffive Gold with its 
^" ' Peacock, fo much talked of in the Indies^ which the Moguls fay was be- 
gun by Tarnerlan^ though that be very unlikely : For to whom could King 
Humayon and his Father have entrullcd it in the time of their difafiers ? 
Seeing the Spoils of the Tat an Kings and other Sovereigns of the Indies^ 
who were overcome by the Mogul Kings, are converted into Jewels and 
Precious Stones to adorn it, it is faid to be worth above twenty Millions 
of Gold \ but who can know the value thereof ? fince it depends on the 
Stones that make the Riches ^is well as the Beauty thereof, whofe weight 
and excellency inuft be particularly examin'd, if one would judge of their 
worth, and Sy confequence, of the value of the Throne. 
Though I have had Memoirs given me of the Palace and that Throne, 
yet I'll lay no more of them, becaufe I make no doubt but that Monfieur 
Bermer^ who hath lived many Years at the Court of the Great Mogul^ in an 
honourable Employment, and commodious for having a perfed know- 
ledge of the Fort, Palace, and all that is in them, will give a compleat 
defcription of the fame. I am confident alfo that he will no€ omit the 
The great Towu, the chicf places whereof are the great Mofque with its Domes of 
Mofque of white Marble, ana the Cawanfery of Begum-Saheb^ that Princefs whom we 
DoSs ^ot iTientioned before. The two chief Streets of Dehly may be reckoned a- 
wTS Marble, mongft the rarities of it, for they are wide, fi:reight, and very long: 
Streets oiDeh- They havc Arches all along on both fides, which ferve for Shops for thofe 
ly. who have their Ware-houfe backwards. Over thefe Arches there is a 
Terras-walk fo take the Air on when they come out of their Lodgings j and 
thefe Streets ending at the great Square and CalHe, make the lovelieit Pro- 
fpe£l that can be feen in a Town. There is nothing elfe confiderable in 
Dehly. The ordinary Houfes are but of Earth and Canes ^ and the other 
Streets are fo narrow, that they are altogether incommodious. 
But that inconvenience feems to contribute fomewhat to the Reputation 
of that Capital City of the Empire of the Mogul,for feeing there is an extra- 
ordinary croud m the Streets while the Court is there, the Indians are per- 
fwaded that it is the moft populous City in the World ; and neverthelefs I 
^ursclanll' ^'^^^^ been told, that it appears to be a Defart when the King is abfent. This 
very nume- will liot fcem ftrange if we confidcr,thac the Court of the Grat Mogul is very 
reus. ' numerous. 
