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had for a long time been Mafters of the Kingdom of Ferfia, of all Zagatay, 
and of the greaceft part of the Country of Tm quefian. 
The chief Town of this Province is Tatta, and tlie moft Soutiiern Town^ Tana. 
Diul. It is ftill called Dml-Sind^ and was heretofore called Dobil. It lyes 
in the four and twentieth or five and twentieth degree of Latitude. ^"^'^^ 
rfhere are ibme Orientals, that call the Couiitry of Sinde, by the name 
of the Kingdom of Diul. It is a Country of great Traffick , and ef- 
pecially in the Town of Tatta, where the Indian Merchants buy a great 
many curiofities made by the Inhabitants, who are wonderfully Ingenious 
in all kind of Arts. The Indm makes a great many little Illands towards 
Tatta, and thefe Illands being fruitful and pleafant, make it one of the moil- 
commodious Towns of the Indies^ though it be exceeding hot there. 
There is alfo a great trade at Lomebender, which is three days Journey Lom-ebender, 
from Tatta, upon the Sea, where there is a better Road for Ships, than in 
any other place of the Indies. The fineft Palan^uiris that are in all Indoftan^ 
are made at Tatta, and there is nothing neater, than the Chariots with two 
Wheels, which are made there for Travelling. It is true, they have but 
few Coaches, becaufe few Europeans go thither, and hardly any of the Indi- 
ans make ufe of Coaches but they -, but thefe Chariots are convenient enough chariots con- 
fer Travelling, and are not harder than Coaches. They are flat and even, ^"^"111^"^ 
having a border four fingers broad, with Pillars all round, more or fewer, "^^^^ 
accorciing to the fancy of him for whom it is made -, but commonly there are 
but eight,of which there are four at the four corners of the Engine,the other 
four at the fides, and thongs of Leather are interwoven from Pillar to Pil- 
lar, to keep one from falling out. Some, (I confefs,) have the Chariot fur - 
rounded with Ballifters of Ivory, but few are willing to be at the charges of 
that, and the Cuftom of making ufe of that Net-work of Leather, makes 
that moft part cares not for Ballifters, but go fo about the Town , iitting 
after the Levantine manner, upon a neat Carpet that covers the bottom of 
the Chariot. Some cover it above with a flight Imperial, but that com- 
monly is only when they go into the Country, to defend them from the 
Sun-beams. 
This Machine hath no more but two Wheels put under the fide ofthe xiiewheeks 
Chariot, and not advancing outwards, they are of the height of the fore of the /«<//^a 
Wheels of our Coaches \ have eight fquare fpoaks, are four or five fingers Chariots, 
thick, and many times are not fhod. Hackny-coaches to Travel in, with 
two Oxen, arc hired for five and twenty pence, or half a Crown a day ; 
but whatever eafe the Indians may find in them, our Coaches are much bet- 
ter, becaufe they are hung. 
The Wheels of Waggons or Carts, for carrying of Goods , have no Cai t-Wheeles. 
Spoaks -, they are made of one whole piece of folid Timber, in form of a 
Mill-ftone, and the bottom of the Cart, is always a thick frame of Wood. 
Thefe Carts are drawn by eight or ten Oxen, according to the heavinefsof 
the Loads. When a Merchant conveys any thing of confequence, he 
ought to have four Soldiers, or four Pions, by the lides of the Waggon ; 
to hold the ends of the Rope that are tyed to it, to keep it from overturn- 
ing, if it come to heeld in bad way -, and that way is ufed in all Caravans-, * 
though commonly they confift of above two hundred Waggons. 
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