Chap, II, through feverai Countries of the I N DIE S. 757 
and other Water Fowl, as alfo Roe-bucks, Deer, and wild 
Boars being in fuch Plenty thereabouts, that one need not 
be long in want of Provtjions, efpecially at this Time, 
when we had a good Cook along with us. Before we 
came to Broitfchia we croffed a deep but narrow River, 
and were no fooner arrived, but the Engl ijh Secretary in- 
vited us to Dinner. The City of Broitfchia lies in 2 1° 
56' twelve Leagues from Surat , and eight from the Sea- 
side, upon a River, which coming out of the Mountains, 
is the common Boundary betwixt the Kingdom of Decan 
and that of Baldagat. 
As it is fituate upon a fteep Hill, and provided with 
Walls of Free- (lone, it is accounted one of the ftrongeft 
Fortreffes in the Indies. It has two large Gates to the 
Land- fide, and as many leffer ones upon the River. All 
Merchandizes that pafs through it pay two per Cent. It 
is very well peopled, but for the niofl Part with Callicoe 
Weavers, who make the bell here of any in the whole 
Province. The Fields for fix or feven Leagues round the 
City are very fiat, which, as well as the Mountains be- 
yond them to the South- Weft, called Pindafche , arc fer- 
tile in Rice, Barley, and Cotton. Thefe Mountains pro- 
duce Abundance of Agate, which is fo celebrated in Eu- 
rope. Four Leagues below the City the River divideth 
itfelf into two Branches, which after they have made an 
Bland of two Miles in-Circumference, tali into the Sea by 
two different Channels, eight Leagues beyond Broitfchia. 
Upon the Way leading to Camhaya is the Village of Jan- 
hayfar , or Jamboufar , famous for the great Quantity or In- 
digo it produces. And in the Way to Amadabat , is to be 
feen the Sepulchre of a certain Mohammedan Saint, whither 
they come in Pilgrimage with Padlocks on their Mouths, 
and Chains on their Arms, till they have performed their 
Vows. 
We left Broitfchia in the Evening, and travelled all 
that Night, and Part of the next Day, till the excefiive 
Heat obliged us to feek Refreftiment near a {landing 
Pool, where we palled the Remainder of that Day, and 
Part of the Night following. The 17th of October we 
came to Brodra , where the Englifh Merchants that be- 
longed to our Caravan, and myfelf, were lodged, and 
moft nobly entertained in the Englifh Houfe, and among 
the reft, had the Diverfion of Women Dancers, who be- 
ing very curious' to fee my Cloaths made after the German 
Fafhion, would fain have had me ftripped myfelf naked, 
offering to do the fame, which I refufing to do, they went 
away difcontented at it. The City of Brodra is feated in a 
large fandy Plain, upon a fmall River called JVajfet , about 
15 Leagues from Broitfchia. It was built of late Years by 
Rajah-gi , defcended from Sultan Mohammed Berger an, the 
laft King of Guzarat , out of the Ruins of the old Brodra. 
It is indifferently well fortified after the old Way, and has 
five Gates, one whereof is dammed up. The City, but 
efpecially the weftern Suburbs, are for the moft Part inha- 
bited by Callicoe Weavers, Dyers, and other Workmen 
belonging to that Manufacture, which are made forne- 
what narrower here, and the Pieces fiiorter than at Broit- 
fchia. The Governor of Brodra has no lefs than 120 Vil- 
lages under his Jurifd'fflion, fixty-five of which are af- 
figned for the Payment of the Garrifon, and the other 
s 3 5 allotted for Penfions to certain Officers belonging to 
the Mogul’s Court, and by thefe Afiignments his Officers 
are maintained. 
Among thefe there is a Village called S indicker a, which 
produces every Year 25,000 Pounds of Lacque : This 
Lacque is a red Gum, which comes from a Tree refem- 
bling our Plumb- tree, which being dried and beaten to 
Powder, they give it what Colour they pleafe, and make 
it into Sticks, to feal Letters with, or for lacquering of 
Cabinets, &c. This Country affords alfo Abundance of 
Indigo. I went the fame Day to rejoin the Caravan, 
which I found at a Comer of a Grove of Cocoa Trees, 
without the City, and one of the Engliflo Merchants of 
Brodra would needs accompany us as far as Waffet , an 
old ruined Caftle, upon a very high Mountain, where is 
kept a Garrifon of 100 Horie, who are maintained out 
of the Cuftoms paid there ; but we having a Pafs from the 
Mogul, and confequendy not thinking ourfeives obliged 
to pay it, this occasioned a Conteft between them, and us, 
Numb. 51, 
which Was very likely to have ended in a bloody Engage- 
merit *, for we forcing our W ay, and having croffed the 
River, where we ftaid that Night, they would have at- 
tacked us, but a Dutch Caravan coming to our Affiftance, 
after the Exchange of fome fmall Shot, the Matter was 
compofed, and the Garrifon forced to be contented with a 
Prefent of three Crowns. Thence we paffed two Leagues 
and a half further through the Village of Ammenoygii , and 
three Leagues and a half further, through that ot Sejun- 
tra , and fo to the fmall City of Niriad , or Ekriaud, nine 
Leagues from Brodra. 
13. October the 1 2th, after we had travelled 5 Leagues, 
and paffed in our Way by Cams , Batova , arid jajfam- 
pour , got fafe to Am a du\ but we were met in a Garden 
within half a League from that City by Mr. Benjamin Ro- 
berts , the chief Merchant of the Factory there, who car- 
ried me in his Coach drawn, after the Indian Fafinion, by 
two white Oxen, which were as full of Mettle as the belt 
Horfes, into the City, ordering the two Eng if b Mer- 
chants that were my Fellow-travellers to wait there for the 
coming up of the Caravan. The Englifh Faftory is a very 
fair Structure, in the very Heart of the City, fitted with 
very convenient Apartments, and feverai Courts for the Difi- 
pofal of Merchandize. Mr. Roberts gave me a Collation 
in his own Chamber, which looked into a Flower-Garden, 
and was very richly furniftied. We flipped in a fpacious 
Hall, where the Dutch head Fadlor, with fome of his Mer- 
chants, came to pay us a Vifit, 
After he was gone, I was conduced by the whole Com- 
pany into my Lodging-room, which I had chofen myfelf, 
Mr. Roberts kept me Company there till Midnight, and 
to give me all imaginable Diverfion, fent for fix Women 
Dancers of the Country, telling me, if I liked any thing 
in them befides their Singing and Activity, I might com- 
mand it •, which Civility X refufed with a Complement. 
They were mightily taken with my Cloaths, and Hair, 
and would, fcarce be perfuaded that I was not a Woman 
in Difguife. Two Days after my noble Hoft carried me 
in his Coach to view the City. The Market-place is called 
Meydan-Jhah , or the Royal-market; it is at leaft 1600 
Feet long, and above 800 broad, planted all round with 
Palm and Date-trees, intermixed with Orange and Citron- 
trees, of which there is great Plenty in the Streets, the 
Sight, Smell, and Shadow whereof are very defirable and 
pleafant. There are befides thefe four Bafars , or publick 
Places for the Sale of Merchandizes. Not far from the 
Meydan we faw a Houfe built of Brick, which is the 
King’s Palace, the Apartments whereof were fumptuoufly 
furnifhed and adorned with many Pictures, more remark- 
able for their Diverfity of Colours, than any Exaclnefs of 
Proportion, according to the Indian Way. Over the 
Gate of this Palace was a large Balcony for the Mufick, 
confifting of Violins, Hautboys, and Bagpipes, to play 
there three times a Day, viz. in the Morning, at Noon, 
and Night, a Cuftom obferved in moft of the Mohamme- 
dan Countries. 
The Walls of the City were tolerably well built, with 
twelve Gates, and many Towers ; but the Ditch, which 
is 16 Fathom broad, was ruined and dry in feverai Places. 
We took alfo a View of the Caftle, which is very large, and 
built altogether of Free-ftone. The chief Temple of the 
Banyans is one of the fineft Structures that ever I faw, it 
being but lately built, and Hands in the Centre of a vaft 
Court, furrounded with a very high Wall of Free-ftone, 
about which is Piazzas, divided into Cells, in each of 
which Hands a Statue, either white or black, reprefenting 
a naked Woman fitting with her Legs under her, accord- 
ing to the Eaftern Fafhion. Some of thefe Cells have 
three Statues, viz. a great one betwixt two little ones. As 
foon as you enter the Temple, you fee two Elephants of 
black Marble, done to the Life, and upon one of them 
the Effigies of the Founder, a rich Banjan Merchant, 
whofe Name is Santides. 
The Temple is vaulted, and the Walls adorned with 
Figures of Men and other living Creatures. There was 
not the leaft Thing to be feen within this Edifice, excepi 
three Chapels, which were very dark, and were divided 
only by wooden Rails, wherein were placed Statues of 
Marble, like thefe in the Cells, the middlemoft having a 
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