7 8 Travels into the IN DIE S. Part III. 
Whil'ft fhe was fliewing of that tricky they dug a hole in. the Ground 
two foot deep, which they filled with Water. So foon as the Girl had 
refted a little, they threv/ ;ntothe hole a little Hook made like a Clafp, for 
her to fetch out with her iNofe, //ithout touching it with her Hands : She 
put her two Feet on che /ides </if the Pit, and turned her felf backwards, 
upon her two Hands, which ûvà placed on the lides of the hole where her 
Feet had ftood. Then fhc dived headlong into the Water, to fearcii after 
the Hook with her Noic . The firfc time fhe miflèd it, but the pit being 
filled full of Water again, fhe plunged backwards into it a fécond time, 
and upholding her felf only with ciie left hand, fhe gave a fign with the 
right hand, that fhe had found -//hat ihc fought for, and fhe raifed her felf 
again with the Clafp at her î^loie. 
Then a Man took this Girl, and fert.'ng her upon his Head, ran at full 
fpeed through the place, fiie in the irjc-in time not tottering in the leaft: 
Setting her down, he took a large r u ;cn pot, lildR thofc round Pitch- 
ers that the Indian Maids make ule to drav: Water in-, and put it upon his 
Head with the mouth upwards. The Gii I got on the top of it, and he car- 
ried her about the place with the lame fecurity, as he had done without 
the Pot i which he did twice mere, hii\ iugput the Pot with the mouth 
downwards once, and then wkh themo'ji h lide-ways. The fame trick he 
fhewed in a Bafon Vv'herein he turned the Pot three different ways : Then 
he took the Bafon and turned its bottom ' l uupon his Head, with the Pitch- 
er over it. The Girl fhewed the fame cricks upon it. And at length, 
having put into the Bafon upon his Head, i little wooden Truncheon a foot 
high, and as big as ones Arm, he caufe^ :he Girl to be fet upright upon 
that Stake, and carried her about as before , fometimes fhe only ftood upon 
one Foot, taking the other in her Hand , and fometimes fhe hurkled down 
upon her Heels, nay, and fat down, though the carrier in the mean time, 
went on as formerly. Then the Man took the Bafon from under the Stake, 
and put it on the • op of it , where the Girl iikewife appeared : Then 
. changeing the Play, he put into the Bafon four Pins, or little Stakes of 
W ood, four Inches h'gh, fet fquare-ways with a Board upon each of them, 
two Fingers breadth, and upon thefe Boards four other Pins or little Stakes, 
with as many Boards more, making in all, tv/o Stories over the Bafon, 
fupported with the great Stake or Pillar : And that Girl getting upon the 
tipper Story, he ran with her through the place Vv'ith the fame fwiftnefs as at 
other times, fhe not appearing in the leaft, afraid of falling, though the 
Wind was high. Thefe People fhew'd a hundred other tricks of Agility, 
which I fhall not defcribe, that I may not be tedious -, only 1 muft fay, that 
the fineft I faw A£ted, were performed by Girls. ^ We gave them at par- 
ting thr;'e Roupies, for which they gave usa thoufand Bleffings : We fentfor 
theoi a Night to our Camp, where they diverted us again, and gained two 
Reupes more. 
iZî aTown. From thence we went to the Towns of Ila and Dentapur, and fomedays 
indour diTavn. ^ftet wc arrived at Indour, wliich belongs to a Raja^ who owns the Mogul no 
more than he thinks lit: He is maintained by the King of Golconda^ and in 
timeof War,he fides always with the ftrongeft. He would have had us pay 
two Roupies a )Vaggon -, but after much difpute, we payed but one, and paf- 
fed on. We came before a Village called Btfetpoury -, and being informed, 
that near to that place, on the top of a Hill, there was a very fair Pagod, 
we alighted and went on Foot to fee it. 
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