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Section xxix. 
An Account of the different Routs to all the great Cities and chief Marts in the Indiesj 
the Manner in which the Domefick Commerce of that Country is carried on ; the Stutk 
of its Manufactures^ and other curious Particulars . 
Taken from the Works of Mr, Tavernier . 
2. The EM and Defgh of this Se&irn explained '. 2. A Defcription of the City and Port of Surat, with 
large Account of its Commerce . 3. That SubjeB continued and concluded 4. Of the fever al Methods of 
travelling in the Baft- Indies* of Land-Carriage for Merchandize , and the Expences of both . 5. Of the 
Road from Surat ft? Agra, Ay the City of Brampour, a Defer iption of the laft-mentioned City. 6. Of 
fever al remarkable Cuf fifties that lie in the Way. 7. Of the Road from Surat to Agra by Amadabat, and 
if what is worth Notice on that Road. 8. A compleat Defcription ^/’Amadabat, and of the Trade car- 
ried on there. 9. Of the Road from Candahar to Agra, and of the Jew-Brokers in the Indies, 10. Of 
the City of Caboul, and the Trade of the Provinces depending thereupon . 11, Of the Royal City of 
Ddili, and of the Road from thence to Agra. 12. A Defcription of the laft-mentioned City * and of the 
Trade carried on there . 13. Of the Road from thence . to Hal abas, once efteemed the Capital of India, in- 
cluding a Defcription of the River Ganges; 14; The Road from Halabas to Patna and Daca in the. King- 
dom of Bengal, with a Defcription of thofe Cities. 15. Of the Raff age from Surat to Goa, with feme 
Remarks upon the laft-mentioned City. 16. Of the noble City of Vifiapour, and the Principality of which it, 
is the Capital 17. A large Account of the Royal City of Bagnagar, and of the Country round it. 78. A 
JuccinB Hiftory of the Kingdom of G oleonda. 19. The Road from thence to the Port of Maflipataii* 
with fome Remarks on the Trade carried on there. 20 .A View of the Country from thence to Madref- 
patan, now known by the Name of Port St. George. 21. A Digrefion concerning Elephants , which 
contains many curious Circumftances. 22. A Defcription of the Kingdom ofC arnate, and of the principal 
Places therein . 23. Remarks upon the foregoing SeBion . 
which carries the Ships From Surat to Ormuz in fifteen or 
twenty Days *, and this Wind veering a little to the Norths 
ferves alfo for thole that are bound for Surat ; but it takes 
them up thirty, or thirty-five Days* for which they are 
made Amends in March and the Beginning of April 
for then, the Weftern Winds blowing full in their Stern, 
carry them thither in fourteen or fifteen Days. 
The Veffels that fail to Surat , which is the only Port iri 
the Empire of the Great Mogul, pafs within Sight of Diu * 
and the Point of St. John, and come to art Anchor in the 
Road of So'uali , which is four Leagues from the Town* 
and two from the Mouth of the River called the Bar of 
Surat-, for the greater Veffels cannot get into the River of 
Surat till they have unladen, by reafon of the Sands that 
choak it up *, and the Wares fo unladen, are carried to the 
Town, either by Waggons or Boats, becaufe the Cuftoms 
were often ftolen when the Ships unladed generally at Sou - 
ali ; therefore there is now a Prohibition, that none fhall 
come to anchor there but the Englijh and Dutch , who, in- 
deed, lay many Goods Cuftom free ; yet it is made up by 
the Veffels that come to the Bar from Perfia , Arabia- Felix i 
and all Parts of the Indies. When the Commodities ar£ 
unladen at Surat, you mull carry them to the Cuftom- 
houfe, adjoining to the Fort, where the Merchants pay 
for all forts of Wares from 4 to 5 per Cent, unlefs it be 
the Englijh and Dutch , who indeed pay lels, but are forced 
to make it up in Prefer. ts to the Court and Deputations ; 
and left any valuable Goods fhould be concealed, they 
fearch every Perfon in the Ship exactly. Gold and Silver 
pays but Two in the Hundred, and when it is brought in- 
to the Cuftom- houfe, the Mailer of the Mint comes and 
takes it and coins it into the Money of the Country* 
which, tho* it be to the Lofs of the Merchant, yet can*t 
be avoided as to the Silver *, but the Merchants have fo 
many Ways to hide their Gold, that it feldom comes 
the Knowledge of the Cuftomers. 
If they bring any Money ready coined, out of other 
Countries, as Piajiers, or Abijfis, out of Perfia , they ara 
melted down and refined, to make Rupees , becaufe the 
Silver-Money of the Great Mogiil is finer than any other. 
The Indian Money is the Silver Rupees the half Quarter* 
the eighteenth, and fifteenth Part. The Rupee is as big 
as the Bqjji of Perfia , but much thicker 5 it paffes com- 
monly for thirty French Sols, or 2 s. 3 d. Sterling. This 
Money, is coined every Year, and the ne# ones* during the 
10 A Year 
j. HERE is no Occafion for a long Introduc- 
I don to this Se&ion, the Subject of it has 
M been already pointed out, and therefore it is 
only requifite to fay, that the Defign of the Author there- 
in, was to explain the interior State of the Indies , to 
Ihew where Manufaftures were fettled, how carried on, 
and after what Manner the domeftick and inland Com- 
merce of this Country is managed. In treating of this 
Subjed, every Paragraph prefents us with fomething new, 
and fomething ufeful. This Difcourfe tranfports us, as it 
were into the very Country itfelf ; and, when we have read 
it, we can no longer confider ourfelves as Strangers in the 
Indies. It would be very happy if we had as clear and as 
diftind Accounts of every Country in Europe , we fhould 
know much more of them then, than we do now ; we 
fhould enter into all the Particulars of their Condition, and 
underftand perfedly, whatever Relations came from 
thence. It was for this Reafon that I judged it proper, 
before I proceeded to the laft Part of this Chapter, the 
Hiftory of Eaft-India Companies, to clofe with this the 
Series of Voyages and Travels unto, and through this 
Part of the World, and, it is hoped, this Method will be 
approved. 
2. Notwithftanding the Indies ftretch themfelves be- 
yond the Coaft of Perfia for the Space of above four hun- 
dred Leagues together, from the Ocean to Mount-Cauca- 
fus, or Taurus, yet there are not fo many Ways into 
the Indies out of Perfia , as there are of travelling into 
Perfia out of Turky, becaufe, that between Perfia and the 
Indies , are nothing but vaft Sands and Deferts, where 
there is no Water to be found •, fo that you have but two 
Roads to chufe in going between Ifpahan to Agra, the 
one by Land through Candahar , and the. other partly by 
Land and partly by Sea, taking Ship at Bander , Abqjfi, or 
Ormuz. Both thefe I have deferibed as far as the Limits 
of Perfia reach, and (hall only add concerning this latter, 
that Sailing is not fafe at all Times upon the Indian , as it 
upon the European Coafts ; you muft obferve the proper 
Seafons, which, being paft, there is no venturing. The 
Months of November, December, January , Februaty, and 
March , are the only Times in the Year to embark for 
Surat from Ormuz % but from Surat you muft not ftir af- 
ter the End of February *, for then the Weftern Winds that 
bring Rain along with them into India , begin to blow , 
but during thefe four Months, there blows a N. E, Wmdj, 
.Numb, 55. 
