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Thofeofthe fame Tribe eat together, and at night they make Bone- 
fires iii the Streets. That Feaft is Celebrated yearly at the Full Moon in 
Fehfary , and ends by the dellruélion of the Figure of a Giant : againft 
which a little Child ihoots Arrows , to repreient what the People are made, 
"of to believe -, to wit, That_ God coming into the World under the name of 
man. Cruchtnan , he appeared in ftiape of a Child , that a great Giant that feared 
to be undone by him , endeavoured to ruin him : But that that Child hit 
b ^'cTuchmafj him fo dcxteroufly with an Ar row,that he laid him dead upon the ground, 
y 7uç:m . ^j^^^^ people feem heretofore to have been Chriftians j but if they have 
had any Tin6lure of it , it is much corrupted by the Fables and 'ftrange 
Tales that have been told them concerning the fame , to which they con- 
The charity form their Li vcs and Religion. Their chief Charity confifts in digging a 
oUaùo^r"^ great many Wells , and in raifing feveral Houfes,at certain diftances,upon 
° ^ the High-ways , for the convenience of Travellers : And by thefe little 
Houfes , there is always a place lit for thofe who are weary and heavy 
Loaded, to reft in -, fo that they can put off, or take up their Burden with- 
out any bodies help. 
Phyficians of This Countrey fupplies the reft of the hMes with many PhyficianSj who 
the Indies. ^j-g g^l[ of the cafte of Banians : Nay, and fomeofthem are very skilful, and 
have many fecrets in Medicine -, and amongft other Remedies , they often 
The yearly Re- make ulc of burning.The Great Mogul has not out of this Province above four 
venue of Ca- or five MiHions a year. 
CHAR XXXV. 
Of the Province of Cachmir or Kichmir. 
The Province 'T^ He Kingdom or Province oï Cachmir^ hath to the Weft CabmUfian^ 
of Cachmire. J_ jj-^g £^(^_^ p^j-,- Q^Tibet -, to the South, the Province of Labors; and 
to the North, Tartaric : But thefe are its moft remote limits ^ for it is boun- 
ded and encompafied on all hands by Mountains , and there is no entry in- 
to it, but by by-ways and narrow pafles. This Countrey belonged fome- 
times to the Kings of larquefian , and is one of thofe which were called 
Turchind. TurcUnd^ that isto fay, ÛiQ India oixkz Turks on the. Turky oitht Indies. 
The Waters of the Mountains that environ it , afford fo many Springs 
and Rivulets , that they render it the moft fertile Countrey of the Indies j 
Tchenefs , a Ri- and having pleafantly watered it, make a River called Tchenas^ which ha- 
^'fr. yij-,g communicated its Waters for the tranfportation of Merchants Goods 
through the greateft part of the Kingdom ,* breaks out through the breach 
Âtoc. of a Mountain , and near the Town of Atoc , difcharges it felf into the 
Indm -, but before it comes out, it is difcharged by the name of a Lake,\v hicii 
is above four Leagues in circuit , and adorned with a great many Ifles that 
look frefh and green , and with the Capital Town of the Province that 
ftands almoft on the banks thereof. Some would have this River to be 
the Mofelle , but without any reafon -, for the Mo[eIle runs through Cabouli- 
ftàn , and is the fame that is now called Behat or Bebar , becaufe of the aro- 
matick Plants that grow on the fides of it. 
Cachmir , a Town of Caehmir , which bears the name of the Province , and 
which fome call Syrena^uer , lies in the five and thirtieth degree of Latitude, 
syrem^uer. ^^^^^j^ hundred and third of Longitude. This Capital City is about 
three quarters of a League in length, and half a League in breadth. It is 
about two Leagues from the Mountains, and hath no Walls. ^ The Houfes 
of it arc built of Wood,which is brouglit from thefe Mountains,and for the 
moft part are three Stories high, with a Garden , and fbme of them have 
a link Canal which reaches to the Lake , v/hither they go by Boat to take 
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