"مجموعات لرحلات عبر تركيا إلى بلاد فارس، وجزر الهند الشرقية. تقدم تقريراً عن الوضع الحالي لهذه الدول، وكذلك الرواية الكاملة لحرب السنوات الخمس بين أورنكزيب وإخوته في حياة والدهم، بشأن الخلافة. والرحلة البحرية التي قام بها سلطان الامبراطورية المغولية الأكبر (أورنكزيب) مع جيشه من دلهي إلى لاهور، ومن لاهور إلى بيمبر، ومنها إلى مملكة كشمير، والتي يطلق عليها المغول جنة جزر الهند. كما تحتوي أيضاً على سرد لمملكة اليابان وتونكين، وعن سلوكياتهم الخاصة وتجارتهم. يضاف إليها وصفاً جديداً إلى سراي السيجنيور الأكبر، وكذلك لكافة الممالك التي تضم البحر الأسود وبحر قزوين، والتي كان يسافر إليها مونسير تافيرنييه بيرنييه، وغيره من الرجال العظام." [‎١‎٩‎٤] (١٠٢٤/٥٢٣)

Travels tn India.
chap. xx. ;
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the Author purfues his travels into the East, and emlarks at Mink,
grela for Batavia. The danger he was in Upon the Sea ; and bn
arrival in the Ijland of Ceylan.
1 departed from Mingrtht, a great Town in the Kingdom of Fifapwr, eight
Leagues from Goa, the fourteenth of Jpril 7 164B, and embark’d in a Dutch
Veflel bound for 'Batavia. The Ship had orders to touch at Bokanonrfto take
in Rice. Whereupon I went afhore with the Captain, to obtain leave of the
King to buy Rice. We found him upon the fhore, where he had about a do
zen Huts fet up, which were cover’d with Palm-leaves. In his own Hut there
was a piece of Per fan Tapeftry fpread under him, and there we faw five or
iix women, fbme fanning him with Peacocks Featheis,. others giving him Betle y >
others filling him his Pipe of Tobacco. The moft confiderable perfons of the
Country were in the other Huts; and we counted about two hundred men
that were upon the Guard, arm’d only with Bows and Arrows. They had alfb
two Elephants among ’em. 5 Tis very probable, that his Palace was not far
off and that he only came thither to take the frefh air. There we were pre-
fented with Tari or Palm-wine } but being new, and not boil’d, It caus’d the
head-achin all that drank it, infomuch that we were two days before we could
recover it. Lask’d the reafon, how the Wine came to do us fo much prejudice}
to which they anfwer’d me, that it was the Planting of Pepper about the Palm-
trees, that gave fuch a ftrength to the W ine . r 1 • ,
Wer- were no fooner got aboard, but a mighty tempelt arofe, wherein the
Ship men, and goods had all like to have been caft away,being near the fhore;
but at length, the wind changing, we found our felves by break of day three
or four Leagues at Sea, having loft all our Anchors; and at length came fafe
to Port in the Haven of Pome de Gaik, the twelfth of May, _ < y
I found nothing remarkable in that City ^ there being nothing but the rums
made by the underminings and Cannon-fhot, when the Hollanders befieg d it,
and chas’d the Portugal* from thence. The Company allow d ground to build
upon, to them that would inhabit there, and land to tilland had then rais d
two Bulwarks which commanded the Port. If they have finifh’d the defign
which they undertook, the place cannot but be very confiderable.
The Hollanders , before they took all the places which the P or turns had
in the Ifland of Ceylan, did believe that the trade of this Ifland would have
brought them in vails fums, could they but be foie Mailers of it ; arid perhaps
their Conjectures might have been true, had they not brbken their words wit
the King of Candy , who is the King of the Country y but breaking faith witii
him,they loft themfelves in all other places thereabouts.^ , .
The Hollanders had made an agreement with the King 01 Candy, that ne
fhould'be always ready with twenty thoufand men, to keep the pafiages ^ a
hinder the Portugal* from bringing any fuccours from Colombo, Negombe,
nar, or any other places which they poftefled upon the CoafL • hi con
lideration whereof the Hollanders, when they had taken Ponte Gdlle , weie
to reftore it to the King of Candy which they not performing, the King en
to know why they did not give him pofleflion of the Town; to
returned anfwer, that they were ready to do it, provided he would detray t
expences of the war. But they knew, that if he had had three Kingdoms m >
fuch as his own,he could never have pay’d fo great a fum.I muft confefs ,
Country is very poor, for I do not believe that the King ever faw htty
fand Crowns together in his life y his Trade being all in Cinnamon and h ep
As for his Cinnamon, he has no profit of it fince the Portugal* coming
the Eaft Indies. And for his Elephants, he makes but little of them ; tor
take not above five or fix in,a year; but they are more efteem t ^
other Country Elephants, as being the moft cofiragious in war. Une ^