75 s e Remarks, &c. of John Albert de Mandelfloe Book L 
Lamp hanging before it. We faw the Prieft bufy in re- 
ceiving from fuch as were performing their Devotions, and 
who pre fen ted him with blowers. Oil, Wheat and Salt; 
.with the firft he adorned the Images, his Month and 
Nofe being covered with a Piece of Callicoe, for fear of 
prophaning the Myftery by the Impurity of his Breath ; 
the Oil was intended for the Lamps ; and the Wheat and 
the Salt for the Sacrifice. He muttered out certain Prayers 
over the Lamp, and ever and anon put his Hands In the 
Smoak of the Flame, out of an Opinion they have that 
Fire having a greater Power of purifying than Water, 
they may, after this Ckanfing, without Offence, lift up 
their Hands to God. 
Amadabat , the Capital City of the Province of Guzurat , 
is feated upon a fmall River, which, not far from thence, 
joins its Current with the River Indus at 23 0 32', eighteen 
Leagues from Cambay a , and forty-five from Surat. It 
comprehends in its Circuit (including the Suburbs) near fe- 
ven Leagues. Its Streets are very fpacious, its private 
Buildings and Mofques very noble, efpecialiy the Gover- 
nor’s Houle. The Mogul keeps conftantly a good Gar- 
rifon here to bridle the Badures , a fort of People living 
not above twenty-five Leagues diftant thence, who make 
frequent Incurfions into the Country. It may be fafely 
laid, that there is fcarce any, Nation in the World, or any 
Commodity in AJia but may be feen in this City, where 
there is alfo a vaft Manufacture of Silk and Calhcoes, as 
alfo of gold and Siver Brocades, but they are flight and 
dear, which is the Reafon the Inhabitants confume mofily 
China Silks, which are both finer and cheaper. At the 
Time of my being here they had invented a new kind of 
Stuff of Silk . and Cotton with gold Flowers, which was 
fold at five Crowns per Ell. They alfo deal much here 
in Sattins and Velvets, Taffefies, Carpets, Sugar candied, 
or in Powder, Cummin, Floney, Lacque, Opium, Bo- 
rax, Ginger, Myrobalans or Indian Plumbs dried and pre- 
ferved. Preserves of all Sorts, Salt Petre, Sal Armoniac, 
and Indico. They alfo fell Diamonds here, which are 
brought thither from Vifiapour , and Ambergreece and 
Mulk, which they have from Pegu , Bengal , Mofambique and 
Cabo-Verde , and is fold here for eight Crowns per Ounce. 
Some would have the Ambergreece to be the Seed of 
the Whale congealed, but without the leaff Probability ; 
others would make it the Product of certain natural 
Mines like the Naphte, but with as little Likelihood of 
Truth, it being certain it is found no where but by the 
Sea-Side, and grows like our Mufhrooms in the Bottom of 
the Sea, whence it is torn off and caff afhore. Peter Van 
Bronk allures us, that, in his Time, there was found a 
Piece. 6f Ambergreefe at Cabo-Verde , near the Mouth of 
the River Gambi , which weighed eighty Pounds, of which 
he bought apiece. The Mulk is, by the joint Opinion 
of all Naturalilfcs, the Produd of a certain Protuberance 
or Swelling, rifing about the Navel of a certain Animal, 
which fome make only of the Bignefs of a Fox, others 
like a Roe-Buck. Some call this Creature a Gazel. But the 
greateft Conveniency of Taffick at Amadabat is, that the 
Banyans have a general Correfpondence in all Parts of Afia , 
even to Conjlantinopl £ itfelf, which makes Trading by 
Way of Exchange, both very eafy and very advantageous. 
Add to this the Exemption from all Cuftoms of Mer- 
chandizes exported or imported, the King’s Receiver hav- 
ing no more than Fifteen-pence by Way of Prefent for 
every Waggon, and the Liberty allowed to all Strangers 
to deal in what Commodities they pleafe, except that of 
the Exportation of Lead and Salt-Petre, without the Go- 
vernor’s Licence, is forbidden, which, however, is obtained 
by a fmall Prefent. 
The City of Amadabat having under its Jurifdidion 
twenty-five large Towns and 2998 Villages, its yearly Re- 
venue amounts to above fix Millions of . Crowns, which 
the Governor difpofes of in maintaining a certain Number 
of Soldiers for the King’s Service, and for clearing the 
Highways, which are very unfafe hereabouts. The Cou- 
teval, or his Deputy, commands under him, and has the 
Adminiftration, as well of the Government as of the Courts 
of Juftice, in Conjunction with the Kadi, or Judge of the 
Place. Among divers noted Sepulchres which are near the 
City, is that of a certain Kadi, built by a King of Guzurat > in 
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the Village Zirkees, a League and an half from the City.- 
The whole Structure is of Marble, being fuftained by an 
hundred and forty Pillars thirty Foot high, with in which 
are to-be feen the Tombs of three Kings that were- buried 
there: At the Entrance of it is a large Ciftern full of Wa- 
ter, the Wall about it having feveraf Windows on all 
Sides ; and about a League thence there is a fair Garden 
and Houfe, the Work of the Mogul, built in Memory of 
a Victory obtained by him over the laft King or Guzarat. 
About a League and a half on the other Side the C . :y , we 
were fnewed another Sepulchre, erected in Memory cf a 
certain Moor , a rich Merchant, named j 'la jam Majom., 
who, being in love with his own Daughter, and having by 
fraudulent Means obtained the Kadi’s Confent, would have 
married his Daughter ; but fee refufing to comply, he ra- 
vifeed her, for which he had his Flead cut off ; whence it 
is called to this Day Betti Chuit , I. e. the Daughter’s 
Shame dificovered, 
A little Way without the City of Amadabat , you may 
difeover the vaft Mountains of Mari) a , extending above 
feventy Leagues towards Agra , and above an hundred to- 
wards Ouyou , where the Rajah Rana had his Refidence in the 
Caftle of Gurcbitto among the inacceff ole Rocks ; fo that 
the joint Forces of the Mogul and the King of Patton, were 
fcarce able to reduce it. The Pagan Indians retain ftill a 
great Veneration for that Prince, who, as they fay, was able 
to bring 1 20,000 Horfe into the Field. In the Mountain be- 
twixt Amadabat and Trappe lives fuch another Prince, who 
by reafon of the Inaccelfablenefs cf the Woods and De- 
farts, maintains his Sovereignty againft the Mogul ; and the 
Rajah Inder, tho’ he is his Vaffal, yet oftentimes refufes 
to execute his Commands. Among many noble Gardens 
which are about this City, that of Shah-bag , or the King’s 
Gardens in the Suburbs, called Bogampour , claims the Pre- 
cedency, being enclofed with a noble Wall, within which 
Hands a moft beautiful Summer-houfe richly furnifhed. 
I paITed thence over a very fine Stone-bridge, four hun- 
dred Paces in Length, into another Garden called Nicoina- 
bag , i. e. the Jewel, which, they fay, is the Work of a 
beautiful rich Lady. The Houfe, as well as the Garden, is 
not fo remarkable for their Bignefs, as the moft admirabe 
Profpect it has from the Defcent on which it lies into a fine 
champaign Country. It has a very large Fife-pond, 
which, during the Winter-feafon, is fupplied with Wa- 
ter by the Rains ; but, in the Summer, it is filled out 
of certain deep Wells, the Water of which is drawn up 
by Engines turned by Oxen. You can fcarce ever come 
into this Garden but you will find fome Ladies bathing 
themfelves there : They, would not allow the Indians to 
fee them, but gave us the Liberty to come in and talk 
with them. The whole Country round Amadabat , and the 
City itfelf, is fo full of Gardens and Trees that, at a Di- 
ftance, it -refembles a great Foreft. There is among other 
remarkable Things here, a Walk planted with a double Row 
of Cocoa-trees on each Side, which reaches to a Village 
fix Leagues from the City ; but that which reaches from 
Agra to Barampour is an hundred and fifty Leagues in 
Length, and furpaffes this beyond all Comparifon. 
Thefe vaft Numbers of Trees are the Receptacles of 
Multitudes of Apes, fome of which are as big as Grey- 
hounds, yet will rarely affault any body unlels provoked. 
They are generally of a brown Colour, inclining to a green, 
having white long Beards^and Eyebrows. They multiply 
beyond what can be imagined : becaufe th zBanjans, who are 
more numerous than x.\itMohammedans,hA\tvm^. the Tranf* 
migration of the Soul, and looking upon thefe Creatures as 
having the greateft Refemblance in all Refpecfts to Man- 
kind, are fo far from killing them that they cherife them. 
Hence it is that you fhall fee the Apes come in great 
Numbers into Peoples Houfes ; for at one time I remem- 
ber, I counted no lefs than fifty in the Englijh Lodge, and 
I ufed to give fome Almonds and Dates to two or three of 
them, which made them duly attend every Morning at my 
Chamber-door, in Expe&ation of their Breakfaft, which 
they would take out of my Hand ; fometimes I ufed to 
catch hold of one, which made the reft fnarle till I had let 
go their Companion. 
The Trees alfo harbour abundance of Wild-Fowl, and 
an incredible Number of Parrots of all Kinds, the biggeft 
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