tfhe Remarks, &c. of John Albert de Mandelfloe Book L 
Comrade, engaged the fame Tyger with unfpeakable Bra- 
very, who was for playing the lame Game with this, that he 
had done with the other : But as he was going to fallen 
on the Indojkatf s Throat, he cut off both his Fore-paws at 
one Blow, and foon after difpatched him; at which the 
Mogul was fo well pieafed, that he prefented this Man 
(whofe Name was Geily) with a Garment of Brocade with 
his .own Hands, and bellowed the Dignity of a Khan 
upon him. 
1 8. 1 Ihould not have left Agra fo foon, had not an 
unhappy Accident made me alter my firft Refolution ; for 
as 1 was talking one Day in the Streets with my Perfian 
Servant who left me at Surat , an Indoftan , of a very good- 
ly Afped, came up to me, afking me what I had to do in 
thofe Parts? to whom I made anfwer, that I was a Na- 
tive of Germany , whom Curiofity had brought thither. 
He told me, that unlefs he was very much miftaken, I 
was the Perfon that had killed his Kinfman in the Engage- 
ment at Ifpahan, betwixt the Indojians and Germans. As 
1 was convinced in my Confcience that he fpoke Truth, 
fo I was not a little amazed at it. But two Englifo Mer- 
chants that were along with him, protelling that I was 
lately come from England by Sea to Surat , made me per- 
fifh pofitively in it, that I had never fet Foot in Perfta. 
This would, perhaps, however, have Hood me but in lit- 
tle Head, had not the fame Servant declared, and fworn 
by his Mohammed and Hojjein , that he knew me, and that 
I faid nothing but Truth : So that with much ado we got 
rid of the Indojtan at that Time. 
But as his Sight was not very agreeable to me, fo I 
made it my Bufinefs to take the next Opportunity of leav- 
ing Agra, which I did accordingly, taking the Advantage 
of a Caravan that was going thence to Labor , 6o Leagues 
further into the Country, all which Way we travelled thro* 
one continued Vifto of Palm, Date, Cocoa, and other 
Fruit-trees, which, with the Company of two Dutch Mer- 
chants, and fome Banyans, made this Journey very plea- 
fant, tho’ thefe lall were not very well pieafed with the Di- 
verfion I took in Ihooting at the Apes, Parrots, and fome 
other Creatures, and among the reft, at a Serpent, a thing 
much efteemed by them. The City of Labor is feated 
upon the River Ravy, one of thofe that with four more 
pin their Waters with the Indus. It lies in 3 2° 30' hav- 
ing many fair Gardens on the River-fide, and the Country 
about it being fertile in Fruits of all forts, but efpecial ly 
in Wheat and Rice. The royal Palace, which lies in the 
middle of the City, is furrounded by a very high Wall, 
befides that, it contains many other Palaces, belonging to 
fuch Perfons of Note as generally attend the Mogul, 
where-ever he goes, and a great many Molques and pub- 
lick Baths. I had the Curiofity to go into one of thefe 
Baths, which I found to be exadlly after the Perfian Fa- 
fhion, with feveral Partitions made half round, within 
narrow at the Entrance, and wide at the Bottom, each 
having its peculiar Door, and two Cifterns for receiving 
the Water, which is let in by brazen Cocks, more or lefs, 
according as thofe who bathe are pieafed to order it. Af- 
ter bathing, I was defired to lie down upon a Stone feven 
or eight Feet long, and four broad, where being foundly 
rubbed firft upon my Belly, and afterwards all along the 
Back-bone, down towards the Side ; the Fellow would 
have rubbed the Soles of my Feet alfo, with fome Sand, 
which I not being able to endure, he afked me immedi- 
ately whether I was a Chriftian, and I having told him 
that I was, he gave me the Hair* Cloth to rub them my- 
fclf. r r , 
In this Journey to Labor , I rode upon four feveral 
Creatures, that is to fay, a Camel, a Mule, an Elephant, and 
an Ox, which trotted fo hard, that he carried me fix or fe- 
ven Leagues within four Hours. Having received Let- 
ters from Agra , that the Englijh Director was preparing 
for his return from Surat for England , I took the Conve- 
niency of a fmall Caravan of Indian Merchants, that were 
going to Amadahat, where I was no fooner arrived, but I 
underftood that he expedted only the coming of the Cara- 
vans of Agra and Amadahat , in order to his Voyage to 
England , defiring me to make what halle I could to Surat, 
being very defirous I fhould be prefent at the Refignation 
0f his Prefidentlhip, which was to be performed in a few 
Days. Whilft I was at Amadahat , I faw the Mohamme- 
dans celebrate a Feaft. All the Windows of the Houfes 
round the great Market-place were filled with Lamps, be* 
fore which Hood glafs VeffeJs full of Water, of all forts of 
Colours, which afforded a very delightful Profpedt at a 
Diftance, and the Night was concluded with Feafting and 
line Fire-works, compofed of Squibs, Crackers, and ma- 
ny ingenious Inventions of that kind ; among the reft, 
they had fattened certain Lamps to Wheels, which being 
turned round with great Violence, made a pleafant Shew. 
The Caravan of Agra was no fooner arrived at Amada- 
hat, but I prepared to go along with them to Surat. The 
firft Day we traveled fix Leagues to Amadahat , but the next 
Day the Englijh Director and his Deputy, being defirous to 
be at Surat, at the Refignation of the chief Director there, 
myfelf and another left the Caravan, taking twenty-four 
Soldiers along with us for Guards. We croffed the River 
IVaJJet with our Banners, according to the Indian Cuftom, 
where Perfons of any Note always have Banners, not un- 
like our Cornets, carried before them. At Night we took 
our Quarters in the Fort of Safalpour, where meeting 
with the Englijh Factor of Brodra , we ftaid in that Place 
all the next Day, but continued our Journey in the Even- 
ing, and were lodged next Night in a Garden, whence? 
we proceeded' the next Day to a noted Cittern for frefh 
Water called Samhcrd , which being at that Time guarded 
by a Troop of Country People, who pretended to keep us 
from fetching the Water we had Occafion for, a Difpute 
arofe betwixt them and fome of our Soldiers, which at 
lall came to Blows ; for whilft our People were drawing 
up their Water, the Country Fellows wounded five of 
them with their Arrows, which fo exafperated the reft, 
that they killed three of the Country People. 
But before next Day appeared, we met with another En- 
counter, which was likely to have proved fatal to fome of 
us ; for the Dutch Caravan (which we had overtaken on 
the Road ) going away about Midnight, we followed 
foon after, but were not gone far before we heard one of 
thofe Trumpeters, who in the Indies commonly march be- 
fore the Caravans found his Inftrument in an adjacent 
Wood ; as we had been already forewarned of the Rajh- 
poots, who had committed feveral Robberies, and killed 
divers Perfons hereabouts the Day before, fo we did not in 
the leaft queftion, that this was the Signal of our coming 
given to thofe Rogues ; neither was it long before we found 
our Guefs verified by their coming out of the Wood with 
Pikes, Bucklers, Bows and Arrows ; but the bell was, that 
they had no Fire-Arms. We had fcarce Time enough to 
put ourfelves in a Pofture of Defence ; but the Englijh 
Merchants and I getting on Horfeback, we bellowed the 
four Firelocks we had among thofe of our Company, who 
were in a Coach, referving three Cafe of Piftols for our 
own Ufe on Horfeback. Our Agreement was not to fire 
till we were fure of doing good Execution, and the Rajh- 
poots gave us a fair Opportunity to employ . our Fire-arms 
to the bell Advantage ; for as they were coming towards 
us in a very dole Body, we difcharged our Firelocks, which 
were charged with fquare Pieces of Iron, among them, 
which made three drop at once ; but trufting in their Num- 
ber, they pulhed forward, killed two of our Soldiers, Ihot 
an Arrow into the Pummel of my Saddle, and another into 
the Turban of the Englijh Merchant : Nay, they came fo 
near us, that I received two Thrufts with their Hall-pikes 
upon my Buff Collar, which 1 was beholden to for my 
Life at that Time. Nay, two of thefe Rajhpoots got hold 
of my Horfe’s Bridle, and were juft going to carry me off, 
when the Englijh Merchant came in very feafonably to my 
Relief, fo that I made fhift to kill one or them by a Piftol 
Shot, and to get clear of the other. By this time ten Sol- 
diers belonging to the Dutch Caravan came in to our Af- 
fiftance, and the Caravan itfelf being nbt much behind, the 
Rajhpoots did not think it convenient to ftay much longer, 
but made the bell of their way to the Wood, leaving fix 
of their Comrades killed upon the Spot, befides level a i 
others defperately wounded, whom they cairied off. V\ e 
had only two Foot Soldiers killed, and about eight wound- 
ed Perfons. We expedted another Vifit from them, but 
we heard no more of them, and fo arrived about Noon at 
Braitfchia, and travelled eight Leagues more the fame Day 
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