Chap II. through fever al Countries of the I N D I E S. 759 
of which are called Indian Crow's, being all white, or of a 
Cream -colour, with a Tuft of Feathers of a Cornation- 
colour on the Head : They are fo common all over the 
Indies that they build their Nefts under the Eaves of the 
Houfes as our Swallows do : But the leffer fort of Parrots 
build their Nells in the Woods on the Extremity of the 
Top-branches of the Trees ; and though they do much 
Milchief to the Fruits and Rice, the Banjans look upon it 
as a Crime to hinder them from eating it. They do the 
like as to the Wild-Ducks, Herons, and Cormorants, of 
which there are abundance in this River. Having had Oc- 
cafion to fpeak of them before, I will only add in this 
Place, that they fwallow Muffels till they open through 
the Heat of the Stomach, and call them out again to eat 
the Fifti. This Country likewife abounds in all kinds of 
W T ild-Fowl and Yenifon, but Fallow-Deer, Roe-Bucks, 
YYild-Affes, Wild-Boars and Hares are in vaft Plenty 
here. And as they arfe fufficiently ftored with tame 
Creatures, fuch as Buffaloes, Oxen, Cows, and Sheep; 
and the River furnifiies them with Fifh in abundance. I 
fcarce know any Place in the World where a Man may in- 
dulge himfelf with more Eafe than here. 
The only Thing they want is Wine, irlftead of which 
they generally make ufe of the Liquor of the Cocoa- tree ; 
and their Water is mod excellent ; befides that, out of 
Rice, Sugar, and Dates, they make a kind of Aqua Vitae, 
which exceeds that made in Europe. But as they are fuffi- 
ciently furnifted with beneficial Creatures, fo they have 
their Share of others that are as mifchievous. Crocodiles 
are found here in abundance, which often furprize Men in 
the River, where they lie lurking among the high Grafs, 
I am pofitive, that thofe in the Ditches of Pegu were of 
above thirty Foot long ; they did fo much Miichief, that 
fcarce a Day paffed but feme or other were killed by them ; 
noewithftanding which, the Banjans , who believe that 
fuch as are devoured by them go ftraitway to Paradile, 
will not deflroy them. The King having ordered one in 
particular, which did more Mifchief than all the reft, to 
be killed, they found a Woman with all her Cloaths in his 
Belly. They lay about thirty Eggs, which they cover in 
the "Sand, where being hatched, they kill moft of their 
young ones, without which they would multiply infi- 
nitely. 
• Johnfon tells Us, that near Panama , in the Weft-Indies , 
are Crocodiles of an hundred Foot in Length ; but I will 
ingenioufiy confefs, I faw none that were above twelve or 
fifteen Foot long ; the Scales on their Back being Muf- 
ket- Proof, they mull be wounded in the Belly. This 
Country produces alfo abundance of Serpents and Snakes, 
and, among the reft, fome with two Heads, as they told 
me, though, I mull confefs, I never faw any of them, 
which has induced me to believe that this Error has been 
introduced by fuch as have feen Serpents, that, contrary 
to the Nature of Reptiles, were as big towards the Tail 
as towards the Plead. The Woods are likewife full of 
Lions, Leopards, Tigers, and Elephants ; but the moft 
troublefome Creatures all over the Indies , are a certain 
kind of Bats, as big as our Crows, nay, fome of our 
Hens, which oblige the Country-People to keep conftant 
Watch in their Gardens. 
The City of Amadabat is obliged to maintain out of its 
Revenues 1200 Horfe, and fifty Elephants, under the Com- 
mand of their Sultan, "who has the Quality of Rajah, or 
a Prince annexed to his Dignity. Areb-Kban , a Perfon of 
fixty Years of Age, was Governor of this City at that 
Time, and, as I was credibly informed, had amaffed a 
Treafure equal in Value to fifty Millions of Crowns. Not 
long before my Arrival his Daughter was married to the 
Mogul’s fecond Son, when her Father, at her Departure, 
fent her with an Equipage of twenty Elephants, and one 
thoufand Horfe to Court, befides fix thoufand Waggons 
laden with Riches. His Attendants confifted of five hun- 
dred Perfons, four hundred of which were his Slaves : 
The Expence of his Houfe-keeping amounted to five hun- 
dred Crowns a Month, not including his Stables, where 
he maintained conftantly five hundred Horfes and fifty 
Elephants for his own Ufe. The chief of his Attendants 
were generally fumptuoufiy clad, though himfelf fel- 
dom wore any thing but Callicoe, except when he appear- 
ed in publick, when he was carried in a rich Chair of State 
upon an Elephant, being attended by a Guard of two 
hundred Men, with many Perfian Led-Horfes, and Stan- 
dards, and Banner's before him. 
14. Oliober the 1 8th I went with an Englijh Merchant 
to pay a Yifit to the Khan, whom we found in a Tent 
looking into a Garden. Having uncierftood from the 
Merchant that Curiofity only had led me into that Coun- 
try, he afked my Age, .and I having told him, that I was 
twenty -four Years old, three of which 1 had already fpenc 
in travelling, he wondered at my going Abroad fo 
young, as well as at my Habit, which I ftill wore after 
the German Fafhion. After an Hour’s Difcourfe, I was 
entertained with a very noble Dinner, ferved up after the 
Perfian Way, and at parting, he was pleafed to tell me in 
the furkifh Language, which I had told him I underftood 
pretty well, Senni dahe kurim , i. e. We fhall fee you again. 
Being encouraged by this obliging Invitation, v/e went the 
20th a fecond Time, when having changed my Cloaths 
to the Mode of the Country, I found him very well pie ab- 
ed with it. We found him in the fame Place, bufy in 
difpatching fome Orders, and taking a Yiew of certain 
Companies of Horfe and Foot, which made us take our 
Leave of him ; but he would needs make us ftay to Din- 
ner with him. 
His Difcourfe ran much upon Shah Seft, concerning 
whom he afked me feveral Queftions, and efbeciaily whe- 
ther he ftill continued his Cruelties ? Unto which I having 
anfwered, that his Age had moderated much of his youth- 
ful extravagant Temper, he replied, that Tyranny and 
Cruelty was an Inheritance, derived from his Grandfather 
Abas , and that was the only Reafon why lately the Khan 
of Candahar had put himfelf under the MoguFs Protedlion. 
He then was for exaggerating the prodigious Wealth of 
the Mogul, in companion with that of Perfia , afking my 
Sentiments upon that Score. Unto which I replied, that 
it mull be confeffed, that the Wealth I had ieen in the 
Great Mogul’s Country, was without Comparifon much 
greater than what could be expedled in Perfia ; but that on 
the other hand, it mull be acknowledged, that Perfia had 
one thing which was to be valued above all the Riches of 
the World, viz. that great Number of brave Kifilbachs * 
with whofe Affiftance he might be able to conquer allAfia* 
Knowing the Khan to be a Kijilbach by Defcent, out of 
the Province of Schirvan , I faid this on Purpofe to pleale 
his Fancy, which took fo well with him, that he not only- 
agreed to what I faid, but alfo told fome of his Officers 
that flood hard by him, I believe this young Gentleman 
is brave, becaufe he fpeaks fo advantageoufiy of thofe that 
are fo. • 
After Dinner we took our Leave of the Khan, who 
would have ftaid us, and given us the Entertainment of 
the Women Dancers ; but he being called afide about earn 
neft Bufinefs, and we not very eager to fee more of what 
we had feen fo often before, we returned his Offers with 
a Complement. For the reft, the Governor was a Perfon 
of extraordinary judgment, but very rigorous in his Go- 
vernment. One Day, having invited the two chief Direc- 
tors of the Englijh mdDutcb Factories to Dinner, and defirous 
to give them the Diverfion of the Women Dan^grs, they 
came accordingly, who, according to the Cadence of the 
Hautboys and Timbrels, danced with great Activity 
through Hoops, with great variety of Poftures ; which* 
done, he fent for another Band, but thefe being employed 
elfewhere in the City, fent an Excufe, that being lick they 
could not come ; but the Khan not thus contented, fent a 
fecond time, ordering his Servants to bring them along 
with him, who returning without them, upon the fame 
Pretence, he ordered them to be cudgelled immediately. 
Thefe poor Wretches finding themfelves in fuch Danger, 
call themfelves at the Khan’s Feet, acknowledging:, that 
it was not any Sicknefs, but the Hopes of Lucre, that had 
made thefe Women refufe to obey his Commands, at 
which he laughed ; but inftantly fent fome of his 
Guards to fetch them, who no fooner had brought them 
into the Room, but he ordered their Heads to be cut off 
immediately, which was executed in an Inftant. The Go- 
vernor perceiving that the Strangers were ftartled at his 
Severity, fell a laughing, and told them, that if he did 
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