Travels into th INDIES. Part III 
Paiicok. Their Company has a Fa£tory alfo at Palicole, two days Journey North* 
Dackeron, \ff3.r:à from Mafulipatan , and anotfe^er at Daeheron on the fame Coalt. Bimh 
lipatan is four days Journey Nor^ffiwards of Mafulifatan. The Traffick of 
^ tnofe parts conhlls in Rice, fine Cloaths, Iron, Wax and Lacre, which is as 
good as at ?eg» -, and from abroad the;y import Copper ,Tin,Lead and Pep- 
Bimiii^tiu (. per : From bimilipatan to Cic£cola it is fifteen hours traveling by Land, and 
ctcacoia. j.|^2t is the laft Town of the Kingdom of Golconda , on the fide of Bengala. 
The Goveriiours of that Countrey are great Tyrants, and if any one threaten 
to inform the King of their exadions ^ they'll laugh at it, and fay that he 
is King oi Golconda , and they of their Governments ^ from Cicacola to Ben- 
gala it is a months Journey by Land. 
In many places of the Kingdom of Golconda the people are much infelled 
by Serpents -, but one may cure himfelf of their Sting, provided he neg- 
left not the wound , and hold a burning Coal very near the part chat is 
ftung -, the Venom is perceived to work out by degrees, and the heat of the 
Fire is not at all troublefome : They make ufe alfo of the Stone of Cobra , 
which hath been fpoken of before. 
When I thought my felf fufficiently informed of dhe places on the Coaft 
of Coromandelf I returned from Mafulipatan to BagnagarY3.nd ftayed there three 
weeks longer, . becaufe I would not go from thence but in company of Mon- 
fieur Baz^on^ who had fome bufinefs ftill remaining to make an end of-, fo 
The Feftival of ^^^^it I had as much time as I needed to fee the Celebration of the Feftival of 
Hufitn m Col- fiujj^^i„^ tj^g 5on oïAly, which fell out at that time. The Moors of Golconda 
celebrated it with more Fopperies than they do in Terfia ^ there is nothing 
but Mafquarades for the fipaœof ten days % they ereft Chappels in all the 
Streets with Tents, which they fill with Lamps, and adorn with Foot- 
Carpets -, the Streets are full of People, and all of them almort have their 
Faces covered with Sifted allies -, they who are naked cover their whole Bo- 
dy with them , and they who are cloathed their Apparel -, but the Cloaths 
they wear on thefe days are generally extravagant , and their Head-tire, 
much more -, they all carry Arms ^ moft part have their Swords naked , 
and the poor have Wooden ones \ feveral drag about the Streets long Chains 
as big as ones Arm, wHTch are tied to their Girdle ^ and it being painful to 
dragg them , they thereby move the pity of Zelots who touch them , and 
having kiflTed their Fingers, lift them up to their Eyes , as if thefe Chains 
were holy Rclicks. They make Proceffions,wherein many carry Banners, 
and others have Poles, on which there is a Silver-Plate that reprefents Hnf 
_/fïwi hand -, fome wach little Houfes of a light wood upon their heads, skip, 
and turn at certain Cadences of a Song -, others dance in a round, holding 
the point of their naked Swords upwards, which they clafh one againft a- 
'^lotner, crying with all their force Hujfein ; The publick WcncheS them- 
-felves come in for a fhare in this Feftival , their extravagant DanceSjHa- 
-bits and Head-tire. , 
The Heathen Idolaters celebrate this Feaft alfo for their diverfion , and 
they do it with fuch Foipperies as far furpafs the Moors they drinlc, eat, 
laugh, and dance on all hands , and they have Songs which favour little of 
a doleful pomp, that the Moors pretend to reprefent : They obferve only 
not to fliave themfelves during the ten days ^ but though it be prohibited 
-to fell any thing except Bread and Fruit, yet there is plenty of all things 
in private Houles. 
This Feftival is hardly ever celebrated without Blood-ftied ; for there be- 
ing feveral Sumis who laugh at the others , and the Chyais not being able to 
endure it, they often quarrel and fight , which is a very proper reprefenta- 
tion of the Feâft -, and at that time there is no enquiry made into Man- 
flaughter , becaufe the Moors believe, that during thefe ten days the Gates 
of Paradife are open to receive thofe who die for the Mulfelman Faith. At 
^ Bagnagar I faw one of thefe quarrels raifed by a Tartar , who fpake fome 
words againft Hujfein : Some Cbyaù being fcandalized thereat,fell upon Iiim 
to be revenged , but he killed three of them with his Sword , and many 
Musket-Shot were fired : A Gentleman (who would have parted them)re- 
ceived 
