‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎147] (168/508)

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gone in all this day but two Cms, went tolodg at a certain little ■
village which they laid was called WalculCertain Women I
who d welt there alone in abfence of their Mufbands, courteoully
s?ave us lodsiny; in the uncovered Porches of their Houlcs, and
prepared fupper for us. This Country is inhabited not onely
with ifl^at TowhSjhne, like the MaKandr/tn in Perp, wlthabun-
dance of Houfef fcattered here and there in feveral places
amcnpft the woods. The people live for the moft part by
low in;; of Rice, their way of Hufbandry is to overflow the foil
with water, which abounds in all places 5 but they pay, as they
told me, very large Tributes to the King, fo that they have
nothing but the labour for l.hemfelves, and live in great
?0 l7vmkrthe twenty fifth, I travelled over great Mountains
and Woods like thcformer;, and foarded many deep Rivers.
Having gone three we din'd in twoHoufes of thole people
who fow Rice, whereof the whole Country is full 5 at a place ^
calFd Kelid). In the Evening, my Pulik being very weary 3 and
unable to carry the heavy load of my baggage further, we ltayd
at fome of the like Houfes which they call d Kabnar 3 about a
mile forwards, fo that the journey of this whole day amounted
not to a full Gav. r ttimi i
November the twenty fixth, I pafs J d over chhs of Hills and un-
eeven and woody places. At noon I came to a great River, on the
Northern bank whereof ftands a little village nam'd Gulvan^t ,
which, the River makes a little Hland. We went to this Klandby
boat and foarded over the other ftream to the far fide.Thence we ^0
came bv a (hort cut to Barfdor^WA the Higher, z.e.withm Land,
belonging to the Indians, and fubjed to Fenkt*P a N a ieka i to
difference it from the Lower Barfelor , at the Sea-coaft belonging
to the Vortugals. For in almoft all! erritories India near
the Sea-coad, there happens to be two places of the fame Name,
one call'd the Higher, or In-land, belonging to the Natives,
the other, the Lower near the Sea, to the Portugal^ where- /y y
eve? they have footing. Entring the Higher Barfelor on this ^ z
fide, I came into a fair, long 6 broad, and ftrait Street, having ^ ^
abundance of Palmeto's and Gardens on either hand. 1 he loll
is fruitful and well peopled, encompals'd With weak walls and
ditches, which are pafs'd over by bridges of one or two very .
great Hones, which (hew that there is good and fair Marble here,
whether thev were dig d thus out of the Quarry, or are the re
mains of ancient Fabricks; It ftands on the Southfi^of the
River which from the Town Gulvan fetches a great circuit, v
feeming to return backwards 5 and many Travellers, without
touching at the Upper Barfelor, are wont to g 0 , t0 r the
Barfelor by boat, which isfoondone^ but I wasdefirousto lee
both places, and therefore came hither. _ r . _
Having din'd and refted a good while in Higher
took boat and row'd down the more Southern ftream 3 tpr a
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