Chap. II. through fever a l Countries of the INDIES. 
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wc were no fboner fat down, but helving underftood my 
Intention was to return to Germany within twelve Months, 
he invited me very engagingly to ftay with him five or 
fix Months, becaufe no more Ships would come into that 
Road this Year, advifing me, to fpend what Time I had 
in viewing the Country, and offering his Recommenda- 
char , and Fatta. The Province of Attach is feated upon 
the River Nibal, and is by it divided from the Province of 
Haca-Chan ; that of Pangah is the Chief of all the King- 
dom : Its capital City is Labor . The Province of Chip 
' mer , or ^ 'uexmer , lies upon the River Bezat, , or Badtj 
which after it has made a vaft Number of Iflands in this 
tioiTto the Englijh Merchants living in thofe Places thro* Province, joins its Current with the River Ganges. The 
which I was to pafs. Province of Bankifch borders to the Eaft upon that of 
His engaging Expreffions obliged me to choofe my Cbifmer , and the Province of Jengopar , or Jemipar , lies 
Chamber in the fame Houfe next to that of the Deputy’s •, between the Cities Labor and Agra. The hilly Province 
In the Evening feveral Merchants came thither to conduct of Jenba, or Jamba , borders to the Weft upon that of Pan- 
me to Supper in a fpacious Hall, where I found the Mi- gab. The Province Belly lies between that of Jenba and 
nifter and about twelve Merchants more. After Supper Agra on the River of Gemini } which falls into the Ganges ; 
the Minifter brought me into an open Gallery, where we the capital City bearing the fame Name with the Province, 
found the Director and his Deputy taking the Benefit of was formerly the Metropolis of all Indoftan. The Province 
the cool Breezes of the Sea- Air, which was our ordinary of Bando lies on the Weft-fide of the City of Agra . 
Rendezvouz after Supper. At Dinner we had commonly The Province of Malway , Or Malwa , has for its capital 
fifteen or fixteen Difhes, befides the Defart. Every City Rat apore, within half a League of the River Cepra, 
thin® 1 was carried on in this Houfe with extraordinary which falls into the Sea in the Gulph of Cambaja. The 
good Order and Decorum. We had Prayers every Day Province of Chitor borders to the Eaft upon that of Can- 
twice and three Times on Sundays . On Fridays , after difeb, and to the South upon that of Guzurat. It was for- 
Eveninc-Prayers, we had a certain Club, where we drank merly a very flourifhing Kingdom, its Metropolis bearing 
©ur Wives and Friends Healths beyond the Seas in Sack the fame Name with the Province, being fixty Leagues in 
©r Punch, being a Mixture of Aqua Vitae, Rofe-water, Compafs, which was laid defolate by the Great Mogul A- 
Juice of Citrons and Sugar. At our ordinary Meeting cbobar, Great-grandfather of Shah Cbiram. The Pro- 
we, as well as the Dutch , were entertained with Tea, in- vince of Guzarat (called Cambaja by the Portugueze, from 
Read of which the Perftans ufe Coffee. _ its capital City) where they drive a confiderable Trade, is 
The Englijh have a very fair Garden without the City, one of the nobleft and moft powerful Provinces in all the 
where we ufed to take a Walk on Sundays after Sermon, Mogul’s Countiy. The Province of Candifch , the Me- 
nnd oftentimes on other Days. Our Exercife was Shoot- tropolis whereof is Bur j amp our, or Brampour , is divided 
ins at the Butt; and I made a fhift to get near five into the Country of the Prince of Bartapha, aVaffal of 
Pounds Sterling a Week among them. We feldom went the Great Mogul, by the River F abet, or Fapte, which 
away without a good Collation, and often bathed ourfelves difembogues in the Gulph of Cambaja. The Province of 
In a Ciftern which had five Foot Water. My chief Af- Berar extends to the South to Guzerat, and the Mountain 
fiidtion was, that not underftanding the Englijh Tongue, I Of Rana. 
could not converfe with any of them to my Satisfaction, . The Province of Gualor, or Guallar , is famous for the 
except with the Prefident, who fpoke Dutch. But before Tower, or Caftle, whither the Mogul commonly fends 
I proceed to give you any farther Account of what I ob- his Prisoners of State, and lays up Part of his Treafure. 
fierved at Surat, and in my Voyage, it will not be beyond my The Province of Agra, and its Metropolis, claims now the 
Scope to give you a fhort View of the Mogul’s Country. Precedency before all the reft. The Province of Sarnbel ; 
io. The Country which properly challenges the Name or Sandel, is divided by the River Gemini, which falls in- 
©F India (called Indoftan by the Perftans and Arabians ) to the Ganges from that of Narvar. At the Confluence 
begins on the Weft-fide from the River Indus or Uindo, of thefe two Rivers, near the City of Hallebas, they make 
and reaches to the River Ganges. It was known among a kind of Ifle, which has given the Name of Doah, i. e. 
the Ancients by the Name of Carmania, and it hath a inter aquas to this Province. The Province of Bakor ex- 
Haven called Guader in 25 0 . The Perftans and Indojtans 
themfelves have given the Name of Pan gab, i. e. five Wa- 
ters, to the River Indus, becaufe it is joined by fo many Ri- 
vers before it difeharges itfelf into the Sea. The firft is 
The 
tends along the weftern Bank of the Ganges , as that of 
Navor is divided by a very large River, which joins its 
Current with the Ganges . The Province of Nagracut, or 
Nakarkut, is one of the moft northern Provinces in the 
the River Bugal or Begal, whofe Source is near Kabul ; Mogul’s Dominions j its chief City bears the fame Name* 
the fecond is called Chanab, which rifes in the Province of where, in a fumptuous Chapel, the Floor covered with 
Fjuefmir or Cajftmer , fifteen Days Journey to the North Plates of Gold, is kept the Figure of a Monfter called 
above Labor •, the third is that of Ravy or Ravee, which Matta, unto which the Indians who flock thither from all 
rifes not far from Labor, and runs by it ; the two others. Parts, offer a little Snip which they cut out of their 
viz. the Rivers Via and Ofuid, have their Sources at a vaft Tongues. Near the City of Kalamaka, belonging to the 
Diftance, their Confluence being near Bakar, which lies 
at an equal Diftance betwixt Labor and the Sea. Some 
Authors have confounded this River with that of Diul , 
and placed it at 24 0 . The vaft Empire of the Great Mo- 
gul borders to the Eaft upon the Kingdom of Mavy, to 
the Weft upon Part of Perjia, and the South- Sea ; on the 
fame Province, arifes a certain Spring out of the Rocks, 
which cafts forth Flames, and for that reafon is reverenced 
by the Pilgrims that come thither from all Parts. The 
Province of Siba is famous for the Source of the River Gan- 
ges. Both this and the Province of Makarkut are very 
mountainous, as well as that of Kakares , which is divided 
North-fide j it is enclofed by Mount Caucafus and Great from great Fart ary by the Mountain Caucafus. 
Fartary *, and to the South it has the Kingdom oi Decan, The Province of Gar, which is alfo very mountainous, 
and the Gulph of Bengal . It comprehends in all thirty- gives its Rife from the River Derfelis, which joins its Cur- 
fieven Provinces, which anciently were as many King- rent with the Ganges , as does the River Kanda, which di- 
sjoins. The Province of Candahar , which has given its vides the Province of Pitan, or Partan, bordering upon 
Name to the Capital City, borders upon Perfta as the the Weft upon that of Jamba. The Province of Kandua - 
Province of Cabul has received its Name from its Me- na , which, together with that of Got, are the moft 
tropolis, and borders upon Great Fartary . Here rifes the northern Provinces of the Mogul’s Dominions, extends on 
River Begal, of which before. both Sides of the River Inderalis , the Province of Po-> 
The Province of Multan, with its chief City of the vena being enclofed between the four Rivers of Ganges,? er- 
fame Name, extends along the River Indus to the Eaft, foils, Gemini , and Kandacb , is very fruitful. That of 
as the Province of Haca-Chan , or Hangi-Chan , has the fame Jewal is famous only for its City called Rajapour, or Ra- 
River to the Weft. Bacbar , or Bucbar, lies on both japor. The Province of Meuat , a barren Country, ex- 
tends from the Ganges to the Eaft. That of Voejja , or 
Vozea , is the uttermoft Province in the Eaft. The Pro- 
vince of Bengal, which imparts its Name to the Gulph in 
which the Ganges exonerates its Waters, challenges the 
firft Place among all the reft under the -Moguls Jurifdic- 
tio»; 
on 
Sides of the River Indus . The Province of Fatta is a 
Congeries of many Iflands made by the fame River. So - 
ret is a fmall Province extending from the Sea-fide to the 
Eaft, as far as the Province of Guzarat. The Province 
of Ifelmere is enclofed betwixt the Provinces of Seret^ Ba- 
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