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Travels into î/»^ I N D I E S. Part III. 
Monument to her5he cre6ted a lovely ikf<3j^«c,covered with a Dome,and beau- 
The Sepulchre tified with four Minarets or Steeples.lt is built of a white poliflied Stonejand 
°.^^«''^'? many take it for Marble, thoiigli it come ftiort of that, both in hardnefs 
Wife. ^j^j luftre. There are feveraKother pretty fair Mofyues in this Town, and 
it is not dcftitute ofpublick plices, Carvanjeras^ and Bagnios : The buildings 
are for the moft part of Free-ftonejand petty high -, before the Doors there 
are a great many Trees growing in the Streets, and the Gardens are plea- 
lant, and well cultivated, affording the refrefliment of Fruit, Grapes, and 
Grafs-plats. They have Sheep there without Horns, that arefo ftrong, as 
that being Bridled and Saddled, thev'll carry Children of ten years of Age 
up and down, wherefoever they pleafe. This is a Trading Town, and 
well Peopled, with excellent Ground about it : Though it was butin the 
beginning of March, we found all the Corn cut down. I faw fome Apes 
much efteemed thcre,whicha Man had broiight from Ctilan : They valued 
them becaufe they were no bigger than ones Fift, and differed in kind from 
the common Monkeys-, they have a flat Forehead, big round Eyes, which 
are yellow and clear like the Eyes of fome Cats -, their Snout is very fliarp,' 
and the infide of their Ears yellow -, they have no Tail, and their Hair is 
like to that of other Apes. When I looked upon them, they flood upon 
their hind Feet, and embraced one another often, eying the People ftedfafl- 
Jy without being feared j their Mafler called them wild Men. 
Sheep that are 
Saddled and 
Blidied. 
Extraordiuay 
Apes. 
CHAP. XLIV. 
Of the Vagods of Elora, 
The Pagods of A T Surrat Î was told great matters of the Pagods of Elora j and there- 
^i^^"' X\, fore I had a mind to fee them, fo that fo foon as I came to Aurangea- 
bad, I fought out for an Interpreter to go along with me -, but it being im- 
pofTtble for me to find one, I refolved to take my Servants with me, and 
make that little Journey alone. And becaufe my Oxen were weary, I hi- 
red a little Waggon to carry me thither, and took two Pions more befides 
thofe I had : I gave all the four, half a Crown Piece, and leaving my Man 
to look after my Baggage, I parted about nine of the Clock at Night. 
They told me that there was fome danger of meeting Robbers, but being 
well Armed,(as my Men alfo were,)I was not much concerned -, and I chofe 
rather to run fome little risk, than to mifs an oppertunity of feeing thofe 
Pagods, which are fo renowned all over the Indies : W e marched foftly 
becaufe of the unevennefs of the Country, and about two of the Clock in 
the Morning, came near to Voltahad, where we refled till five. 
We had a rugged Mountain to afcend, and very hard for the Oxen to 
climb up, though the way cut out of the Rock, be almoft every where as 
Aîpvely way in fmooth, as if it Were Paved with Free-ftone : It had on the fide a Wall 
a Mountain, three Foot thick, and four Foot high, to hinder the Waggons and Chariots 
from falling down into the Plain, if they chanced to be overthrown. My 
~ Tions thruft forward the Waggon with all their force, and contributed as 
much as the Oxen to get it up to the top of the Hill., When I arrived there, 
I difcovered a fpacious Plain of well cultivated Land, with a great many 
Villages, and Bourgs amidft Gardens, plenty of Fruit-trees and Woods : 
We Travelled at leafl for the fpace of an hour over Plow'd Land, where 
Fair Tombs at ^ ^'^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ Tombs feveral frories high, and covered with domes built of 
£/a;.^. large grayifti Stones, and about half an hour after feven, having paflfed by 
A lar c rt ^ Tanquie, I alighted near a large Court paved with the fame Stones. 
in Elora where 
'cnt in, but was obliged to put off my Shoes -, at firfl I found a little M^- 
onemuftput where I faw the Btfmillah of the Mahometans writ over the Door \ the fig- 
off his Shoes. nification' 
