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very beautiful. There are fo many Monkeys in the Town 
that fometimes the Houfes are covered with them, and 
•they often do Mifchief in the Streets, by throwing down 
fuch Things as they find upon the Roofs. The Out-fides 
of the Town are beautified by a great many fair publick 
Gardens. Here is a marble Sepulchre, raifed by a King 
of Guzurat , in Honour of a Governor of this City, but it 
is decay’d : It contains three Courts, and, in one of them 
are feveral Porphyry Pillars. 
Anciently, in this City, there was an Hofpital for fick 
Beads, but there are only Ruins of it now. The Suburbs 
are almoft as big as the Town, and in them they make 
Indigo of the fame Nature as that of Sarquejfe. It was 
famous for Traffick when the Portugueze flourifhed in In- 
dia, but now the Trade is almoft loft, becaufe the Sea 
that once came up fo near the Town, that little Veffels 
could anchor by it, is now become half a League di- 
ftant from it, and near the Coaft is fo lhallow, that great 
Ships can come no nearer than three or four Leagues. 
There are great Numbers of Peacocks in the Indies , es- 
pecially in the T erritories of Baroche , Cambay a, and Brou- 
dra j and in the Day-time they walk about the Fields, but 
at Night rooft upon the Trees : The Fiefh of the young 
ones are white, and well-tafted. In thofe Parts where 
the Mohammedans govern, you may catch them without 
Difficulty ; but in thofe Places where there are Idolatrous 
Rajahs Mafters, it is very dangerous to kill them, or any 
other Bird or Animal ; for the Banyans count it Sacrilege, 
and will feverely punifh any they can feize : They whipp’d 
a Perfian Merchant to Death, and took all his Money, to 
the Value of 300,000 Rupees , for {hooting a Peacock. 
From Cambaya you go through a little Village, where 
there is a Pagod, where the Indian Courtizans make their 
Offerings •, and among divers naked Images, there is one 
that refembles Apollo , with his Privy-parts uncovered. 
The young Girls, who are trained up to this wicked Art 
by the old Courtizans, when they are eleven or twelve 
Years old, furrender themfelves up to this Idol, believing 
that it will bring them good Fortune. And about fix 
Leagues farther you come to Chi dab ad, which is one of 
the faireft Houfes of the Great Mogul, being in a wide 
Inclofure, wherein he has vaft Gardens and large Ponds, 
with all the Pleafures and Curiofities whereof the Genius 
of the Indians was capable. And from this Place you 
travel to Amadabat , to which City you come from Broti- 
dra by Neriade. 
8. Amadabat , which is probably the Amadarifiis of 
Arrian , is eighty-two Leagues from Surat , and lies in 23 
Degrees and fome Minutes of N. Lat. It is built in a 
lovely Plain, watered by a little River, called Sabrametty , 
which is not very deep, but fwells prodigiously by the 
Rains. Without the Town are many large Gardens in- 
clofed with Brick-walls, and every one of them have a 
kind of Pavillion at the Entry : By them there is a Refer- 
vatory of Water, which has in the Midft of it a lovely 
Garden, eighty Paces fquare, into which one enters over 
a Bridge four hundred Paces long ; and at the End of the 
Garden are pretty convenient Lodgings. Near thefe you 
fee many Houfes, which make a kind of large Village, 
and a great many Tombs, indifferently well built. From 
hence you pals through a Street, which leads you into 
into the Town, which is inclofed with Stone and Brick- 
walls, which, at certain Diftances, are flanked with great 
round Towers and Battlements all over : It hath twelve 
Gates, and is about a League and an half in Length, if 
you take in the Suburbs. 
All the Streets are wide, and the Meidan is four hun- 
dred Paces in Breadth, and feven hundred in Length, 
with Trees planted on all Sides. The Gate of the Caftle 
is on the Weft- fide, and there are fix or feven Pieces of 
Cannon mounted. In the Market-place are the Tribu- 
nals for the Couteval, or criminal Judge ; and in the Midft 
is a very high Tree, which has a Ball fixed on the Top 
of it, for thofe to hit who exercife themfelvps by {hooting 
with Bows and Arrows. This Caftle is walled about with 
good Walls, of Free-ftone, and is as fpacious as a little 
Town. . Near the Meidan is a large Palace belonging to 
the King, which has over the Gate a large Balcony for the 
Muftciansj who play there every fix Hours. The Apart- 
ments are adorned with Gold Paintings. The Englifh fac- 
tory is in the Middle of the Town, it is well feated, and 
hatn very fan Courts. Their Warehoufes are commonly 
full of Cloths from Labor and Dehly, with which- they drive 
a great Trade. 
But the Tiade or the City is in SiiJc Stuffs, Hangings of 
Gold, Silver, and Silk ; but with woollen Grounds, Salt- 
petre, Ginger candied and raw ; Lac, Cummin, Opium, 
Tamarinds, Mirabolans, and flat Indigo : There are many 
Mofques great and fmali in it, but that which is called 
Juma-mefgid, or Fridays Mofque, becaufe all the devout 
People of the Town flock together on that Day, is the 
chiefeft and faireft. It hath a large fquare Cloifter, two 
fine Gates, with high Steeples, from whence the Muezinis 
or Beadles of the Mofques, call the People to Pravers. It 
hath feveral Domes, and two Minarets, and’tis paved with 
Marble, fo that all ^together ’tis a pleafant Sight. It is in- 
habited by many Heathens, as well as Mohammedans , who 
have their Pagods, or Idol Temples there. 
The Pagod of Santidas was the chief before Aureng- 
zeb converted it into a Mofque. It hath three Courts, 
paved with Marble, and encompaffed with Galleries I 
and into the third none muft enter, till they have pulled 
off their Shoes ; the Infide is adorned with Mofaick Work, 
and x^gates of divers Colours. In it are feveral Sepulchres 
of the ancient idolatrous Kings, of Mofaick Work, which 
look like little Chapels ; but the Tomb of Chaalom , whom 
the Indians report to have been a Magician, but the Mo- 
hammedans believe him to have been a great Saint, is moft 
honoured, being daily vifited by a great many out of Devo- 
tion. The Banjans have a great Veneration for Apes, and 
there are fome that breed them up in their Pagods to wor- 
fhip, and if any one kill any of them, complain of it as a 
great Injuftice. There are three or four Hofpitals for 
Cows, Oxen, Camels, Apes, and Birds, and other fick 
and maimed Beafts, where they are looked after, and well 
fed. They buy them from Chrijlians and Moors , to 
deliver them, as they fay, from the Cruelty of Infidels, 
and if they are incurable, they keep them there as long as 
they live 3 but if they recover, they fell them to Gentiles , 
and none elfe. This is alfo very remarkable, that every 
Luefday and Friday , all the Apes in the Country adjoining, 
come into the City, and lie upon the Tops of Houfes, 
during the exceffive Heats. Upon thefe Days the People 
never fail to fet ready in their Terraffes, Rice, Millet, 
Sugar-canes, and fuch-like things ^ for if they do not find 
Provifions, they will break their Tiles, and do a great deal 
of Mifchief. 
About Amadabat are a great many Forefts, where they 
catch Panthers, which they tame, and fend to the King 
for his hunting. From hence you go to Panfar , and fo by 
Majjana to Chitpour , a very good Town, fo called from 
a fort of painted Calicuts, called Chintzes, made and fold 
here. They have an Art here of taming Lions, by tying 
them in a large Plain, and making them a Sport to the 
People. Hereabouts it is common to meet the Companies 
of Faquirs, or Mohammedan Dervices. They have a Su- 
perior, and fome Aftiftants, who have fome Cloaths better 
than the reft, viz. fome Ells of Calicut about their Mid- 
dles, to cover their privy Parts, and a Tyger’s Skin about 
their Shoulders ; but the reft have only a Cord for their 
Girdle, and a little Bit of Calicut faftened to it to cover 
their Privities. Their Hair is tied about their Head like 
a Turbant, and they are armed with Bows, Arrows, and 
Mulkets, Half-pikes, CL. When they travel, they carry 
their Luggage, which is fome Houfiiold-ftuff, and a pretty 
many Arabian and Perfian Books on Oxen. When they 
come to any Place, the Superior fends fome of his Crew a 
begging into the Towns and Villages, and what Alms they 
get is prefently diftributed equally among them, every one 
of them taking Care to boil his own Rice, and what is over 
and above, they give to the Poor in the Evening *, for they 
referve nothing for next Day. From Chitpour you pais 
through Balampour , and fo through Dantivar and Bar - 
gant. 
This Town is in the Territories of a Rajah, to whom 
you muft pay fome Duties, and all the Way through thefe 
Countries are dangerous to be travelled, becaufe the Rajahs 
live altogether upon Robberies, and therefore unlefs you 
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