94. Travels into tte IN DIE S. Part HI. 
Cahar. ycry itifoknt eolledors of Tolls at Calvar, and when they have not what 
Li, n, li. they demand ^ they cry with all their force, their Li, li, ftriking their 
Mouth with the palm of their Hand, and at that kind of alarm-bell, 
which is heard at a great diftance, naked Men come running from all parts, 
carrying Staves, Lances, Sword% Bows, Arrows, and fome, Mufquets, 
who make Travellers pay by force what they have demanded, and when 
all is payed, it is no eahe matter ftill to get rid of them, 
î^^i;/?"^» ^^^^ boundaries of Moguliftan 2.x\i Gdcenda, are planted about a League and 
MahoLr' ^ ^^^^ ir:om Calvar : They are Trees which the call Mahoua -, thefe mark 
the outmoft Land of the Mogul, and immediately after, on this fide of a 
Rivulet, there are Cadjours, or wild Palm-trees, planted only in that place, 
to denote the beginning of the Kingdom of Golconda, wherein the in- 
folence of coUedors is far more infupportable than in the confines of 
Mogûlifian ; for the duties not being exaded there, in the Name of the King, 
but in the Name of private Lords, to whom the Villages have been given, 
the Collectors make Travellers pay what they pleafe. We found fome 
Officers, where they made us give fifty Roupies, in (lead of twenty, which 
was their due, and to ftiew th^t it was an Extortioi:^ of the Exadors, they 
. _ . refufed to give us a note for what they had received, and in the fpace of 
V Leagues^" three and twenty Leagues betwixt Calvar and Bagnagar,, we were obliged 
^ ^ with extream rigour, to pay to fixtcen Officers ; Bramens are the Colledors 
of thefe Tolls, and are a much ruggcder fort of People to have to do with, 
than the Banians. 
The Road from from Calvar to Bagnager we found no other Town but Buque- 
Calvar to ° w»'*, but thctc are Others to the tight and left ^ wc paffed by eighteen Vil- 
Bagnagar. lages. The Nadab or Governour of the Province, lives in the little Town 
Maiaredpet 3 of Marcel^ and we made that Journey in fix days of Caravan : In fliort, 
t)r4Le3g from there are few or no Countries, that delight Travellers with their verdure, 
Ca var. Bou- ^^^^^ ^^^^^ j-j^^ Ficlds of this Kingdom, becaufe of the Rice and Corn that 
To^ZMeiiinar is to be fecn evcry where, and the many lovely Refer vatories that are to 
6 Leag. from be fouud in it. 
Maiaredpet, Dgelpeli 6 Leag. from Melliuar, Marcel J Leag. from Degelpeh. Bagnetgar 4 Leag. from Marcel. 
Bagnagar. ^ The Capital City of this Kingdom is called Bagnagar, the Perfans call it 
uîider-abad. ^j^ider-abad -, it is fourteen or fifteen Leagues from Fiziapour , fituated 
in the Latitude of fcventeen Degrees ten Minutes , in a very long 
plain, hemmed in with little Hills, fome Cofles diftant from the Town^ 
which makes the Air of that place very wholelome, befides that , the 
Countrey of Golconda lies very high. The Houfes of the Suburbs, where 
we arrived, are only built of Earth and thatched with Straw, they are lb 
low and ill contrived, that they can be reckoned no more than Huts. We 
went from one end to the other of that Suburbs, which is very long, and 
ftopt near the Bridge which is at the farther end of it. There we ftayed 
for a note from the Cotoual to enter the Town, becaufe of the Merchants 
Goods of the Caravan, which were to be carried to the Cotouals Houfe to 
be fearched : But a Verfian named Ak-Nazar, a favorite of the Kings, who 
knew the chief of the Caravan, being informed of its arrival, fent imme- 
diately a Man with orders, to let us enter with all the Goods, and fo we 
paft the Bridge, which is only three Arches over. It is about three Fathom 
È7erva4 brôad,and is paved with large flat Stones : The River ofNerva runs under 
that Bridge, which then fecmed to be but a Brook, though in time of the 
Rains, it be as broad as the Seine before the Louvre at Paris. At the end of 
the Bridge, we found the Gates of the City, which are no more but Bar- 
riers : Being entered, we marched a quarter of an hour through a long 
Street with Houfes on both fides, but as low as thofc of the Suburbs, an3 
built of the fame materials, though they have very lovely Gardens. 
Wg went to a Carvanferay called Nimet-ulla, which has' its entry from the 
- fame Street : Every one took his lodging there, and I hired two little Cham- 
bers, at two Roupies a Month. The Town makes a kind of Crofs, much 
longer than broad, and extends in a ftreight line, from the Bridge to the 
four Towers -, but beyond thefe Towers the Street is no longer ftreight, and 
whirft in walking I meafured the length of the Town, being come to the 
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