'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎242] (275/1024)

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. Coffee *, and indeed thus it is that fhey beginall their deliauch^sr They fuck and
fmoak of their Tobacco through water In a long glafs bo,ttel, by which tfieans it
„ cbriies cool into their mouths: elfe they would never beable tp t ! take It all day
long as th^y do. They ling very little in their CupsV but they fecitea ; vail num
ber of wicked Verfes, which they rehearfe with a great deal of gravity. They
arbfo accuftpmed to, take Tobaccp, both men and women, thaVa poor tradeftnan
that has not above five ^^tofpend,' will lay put three 6f them In'TobiiccO^'
( they had rione, they fay that they fhould not have d'amaque, that is, gfaanefs in their
hearts. Many will con&fs that their ekceffiye taking Tobacco ijs hurtful > otHT
you; tell ’em of it, they anfwer in a:,Word, Adedehoud^ flis the cUftbme? ■
^ Befides their Tobacco they have alfb Opium made of poppies, cut as they groWi
but of which they draw the juice‘and make it into Pn^We? f taj|fno 1
then the head of a pin, increafing theit dofe by degrees,‘till they cpipfe to take the
quantity of half a wall-nut. When they are come to that pitch they daiebbt give
over, for fear of endangering their lives, or addidf ing theftifehres to drink winti
In their youth you (hall fee thefe Theriaky or tabgrs ofO'pium, with pale penfive
and dejedfed countenances, and the ufe of their fpeech almpft loft : IftRey omit
» to take for a day together this, ill continued drug that heats their brains, and cau-
fes them to ad: ridiculpufly* and’ to talkddly* when it has done working, they.are '
as cold and ftupid as before? which obliges ’em to take it-again. For thisreafon,
they are ftiort liv’d ;, or if they do live tiliforty, they. cotnplain heavily of the
pains that proceed from the cold venome of the herb,They that have. 4 tnindto kill ^
themfelyes, fwallow a large piece, and drink Vinegar after it, to prevent there-
lief of any other Counterpbyfon, and Jo they dye frniling. t ; r r *
*' .They have another fort of drink to, make themfelyef meny, r Jwhlfh' ‘thy <p'
Kokgmaar, cbmpos’d of bbyl’d Poppy feed. They take it in broth^ and there are
particular houfes call’d Kok,ema^r Krone^ where, people meet tbtfiycrfife thofe
that lee.the ridiculous poftures which that intoxicating drink caufesthem to (hew.
Bef ore it works they quarrel with one another, and call one another, alf to naught
but' never fight. 'When the drug begins to work, they grow frienas \ r and fome are
for making com pletbents, others for telling a long tedious ftory, w^th renders them
very vain. They have alfb another fort'of liquor, which is cajPd BongueyVcrj'
bitter, being made of the leaves of Hemp’and fbme other drug mja?| x 'witl^|}y ;rtv
makes thofe that ufe it (hamefully foblifti and ridiculous, which is’the reafoh tjie
taw has fbrbfd that and northe~fbrmer. The Vsbtchj have brob^t ^
the Cuftome of taking ;n Pipes Tcboyberfe, which is the flower of father the';
wpblly fubftance which is found in hemp-clpfes. Thisiills the heads with (trange
v conceits, fbmetimes pleafant and rpmetimes furious j-thofe that take it being quitf
befides th^ir fences for two or threi hours.
Their Feafts are thus order’d; The guefts come in the qiorning'tb the hbuff:
whither they are fnvited and all the day long they fpend their time in taking To
bacco and telling ftpries. feetweeh whiles they have Sweetmeats, Coffee, and
Fruits fet before thepn. In the evening the Sofia is and the table fetV’d
with boil’d and rbaft. If the per fon ;that treats be of any quality,/ he has a kind
Of a Governour of his houfe, thatfits upon his heels with a Ladle or great wood
en fpoon in his hand. Then the InViter makes his complement? fp the chiefbfhk
guefts, alluring him that the entertainment is-only provided for himf bMyst his
, command he is ready to let the reft (hare with him. The Complements being thus
pafs’d, the Governour of the Houfe with his great Spoon puts rice arid meat
^ upon ' the little plates, which the f ervants prefent by equal poftions to (
every - one of the guefts. Then' they fall jo, 1 taking put/the rife by.
handfuls, and the meat with theif fingers. ^ey*mp Mar
v with their rice and meat,' and making up lump of all together as big as a Ten-'
> , . njs ball, put it all in their mouths at a time, which is the reafon they heVCT fit
■ long at Table j one makipg rgom for another t ill they have all dbnc; for a§ fooh
as one has done, another comes into his place without any farther Cgerhpny. They ,
. have feveral Liquors in the room in Porcetlain VeiTdsJ but at meats they only
drink to drive dpwn their meat and to prevent thirft. When, all is done, they
bringa Bafon withan Ewre fullofhot waterto wafh their l^nds ahdTaceS.Aftef
which the Inviter cbmplements his gUefls, and every one returnshome -y at which-
' , “ ^v ' ; ‘ ■' time