70 T^ravels into ^/;^ I N D I E S. Part III. 
Ratifpor, the placcs of the Indies. Ratiffor is the Capital of the Province^ and at prefent 
Capital of to/- Xown ofgrcatcft Traffick j itftands alfo upon a Mountain, and thi- 
Tràitois con- ^^^^^ ^^^'^ Grand Signior fends the Traitors whom he hath condemned to die : 
c'emncci to die. F^^' ^ Certain time they are kojt Priibners, and always one or other in the 
room with them -, and the day they are to die, they make them drink a 
grcatquantity of Milk, and throw them down from the top of the Caftle 
upon the declining fide of the Hill, which is full of fharp pointed craggy 
Stones, that tear the Bodies of the wretches, before they can reach the bot- 
tom of the Precipice. 
chitor. The Town of Chitor is very famous alfo, but it is almoft ruined -, it long 
«/f;^,«^w.»^ of belonged to Raj a- Rams ^ who deduced his Généalogie from King Porta 
the Race of chough that Raja had confiderable Territories, and itrong , by reafon of 
Parus. Mountains that almoft encompaffed them -, yet could he not avoid the 
misfortune of other Princes , but fell (as they did) under the power of the 
Moguls, in the Reign of King Echar. At prel'ent, there are but few Inha- 
bitants in Chitor, the Walls of it are low, and of a great many (lately piib- 
An hundred lick Buildiugs , nothing remains but the ruins. T he hundred Temples or 
Temples in Pagods are ftill to be diftinguiftied , and many antick Statues to be fcen -, it 
Ant? ue sta- ^^^^^^ ^ Fort, whetc Lords of chief Quality are Imprifoned for fmall faults : 
tuesT^ ^ I"^ fhort, Tiie remains of many Ancient Fabricks(that are to be feen there) 
make it apparent, that it hath been a very great Town. The Seat of it is ve- 
ry pleafant, and the top of the Hill (on which it ftands) extreamly fertile \ 
it hath ftill four Refervatorics or Tanejuies for the private ufeof the Inhabi- 
The Revenue There arc a great many other Trading Towns in that Province , 
of the Province ^tid the Great Mogul receives yearly out of it above fourteen Milliçns. 
of Mal-va. There are two kinds of Bats in that Countrey, the one is like to that we 
Ancxtraordi- have in Europe -, but feeing the other differs much , I pleafed my felfin ex- 
nary Bat. amining it in a Friends Houfe, who kept one out of curiohty it is eight 
Inches long,and covered with ycllowilh Hair -, the Body of it is round, and 
as big as a Ducks -, its Head and Eyes refemble a Cats , and it has a marp 
Snout like to a great Rat it hath pricked black Ears, and no Hair upon 
them :, it hath no Tail, but under its Wings, two Teats as big as the end of 
ones little hnger -, it hath four Legs, fome call them Arms, and all the 
four feem to be glued faft within the Wings, which are pyned to the Body 
along the fides , from the Shoulder downwards ; the Wings are almofl 
two Foot long , and feven or eight Inches broad, and are of a black Skin 
like to wet Parchment -, each Arm is as big as a Cats thigh ; and towards the 
Joynt,it is almoft as big as a Mans Arm-, Sc the two foremoft from the Shoul- 
der to the Fingers, arc nine or ten Inches long -, each of the two Arms is 
fleflied into the Wing, perpendicularly to the Body , being covered with 
Hair, and terminating in five Fingers , which make a kind of hand; thefe 
Fingers are black and without Hair they have the fame Joynts as a Mans 
Fingers have -, and thele Creatures make ufe of them to ftretch out their 
; Wings when they have a mind to fiie : Each hind Leg or Arm , is but 
half a Foot long, and is alfo faftened to the Wing parallel to the Body ; it 
reaches to the lower part of the Wing, out of which the little hand of that 
Arm peeping, feems pretty like the hand of a Man-, but that inftead of 
Nails, it hath five Claws -, the hind Arms are black and hairy ( as thofe 
before are ) and are a little fmaller. Thefe Bats ftick to the Branches of 
Trees, with their Talons or Claws -, they fly high, almoft out of fight, and 
fome (who eat them) fay they are good meat. 
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