'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.' [‎29] (348/1024)

BOOK I.
1 ravelr m India.
back the Lime that comes from Barocha, which, after it is temper’d, and laid on
becomes as hard as Marble. / 1 ’ on ?
I come now to the manner of travelling in /W M , to which purpofe they make
ufe ofOxen inftead of Horfes, and there are fome, whofe pace is as eafy as ?he
amble of our Hackneys. But you muft take a care, when you either buy or W
an Ox to n e “Pon, that the horns be not a bove a foot in length. For if they be
longer, when the flies begin to ftmg, he will chafe, and tofsback his horns and
fake them into the ftomack of the Rider, as oftentimes it has hapned. Thefe
Oxen are rid like our Horfes, and initead of Snaffles or Bitts they have onl v a
Rope drawn through the mufdy part of the muzzle or nollril . In firm ground
where there are no ones, they never Ihooe their Oxen 5 but only in ronf h ph
ces, where not only the ftones, but the heat will waft and chop the Lof Where
to nXtTat Lbos fSRft h0 f n , S ’ th f a ^ick trufsupon
tneii: necKs, tnat keeps ralta Coller of Leather lour lingers broad, which they
Waggom 1 " 8 L ° d ° bUt t0 PUt ab ° Ut Cheir neCks When thcy faften them t0 the
1 ney ufe alfo for Travel little Coaches, but very light, that will hold two
perfons ; but generally they ride alone for more eafe, carrying only their ne-
ceflary Cloak-Bags along with them; with a fmall Veflel'of'Wine, and a fmall
quantity of Provifions, for which there is a proper place under the Coach
where they tye the two Oxen. Thefe Coaches have their Curtains andSs
like ours, yet are not hung: But in my laft Travels I caus’d one to be made after
our manner j and the two Oxen that drew it, coft me near upon fix-hundred
Roupies. Nor is the Reader to wonder at the price; for there are fome of
nc e Oxen that are very ftrong, and that will travel upon the trot twelve or
fifteen leagues a-day for fixty days together. When they have gone half the
t ' yo or three Balls ’ as bi S as ofour two-pennv-
loa/es, of Wheat kneaded up with butter and black-fugar. The hire ofa/coadi
comes to a Roupie a-day more or lefs. From Wir to ^ is forty days £
ney, and you pay for the whole journey from forty to forty-fiveRoupies. ^ From
burnt lo GokonAa ,being almoft the fame diftance, the fame price is obferved •
snd by the fame proportion you may travel over all the Indies. ’
^u 10 ^ ave more ^ or their own eafe make ufe of a ValUnamn
wherein they travel very commodioufly. This is a fort of little Couch fix or fe-
cpM’^r °a 8, an i. d ! 5 e f br0ad ’ with balifters roun d about it. A fort of Cane
all d Bambouc which they bend like an Arch, fuftains the covering of the PaU
which is either of Satin or Cloath of Gold ; and when the Sun lies un-
T lld f’ a Slav ® tbat goes by the fide, takes care to pull down the covering
Ano er Slave carries at the end of a long ftick a kind of Target of Ofier, covf 1
fromthe heaJ S “ njle lbuffi >. t0 Preferve the perfonthat is in the PalUnquin
the r. ’ ft , h „. Su ! 1 ’ when he turns and Kes upon his face. The two endsof
are on both fides to the body of the PdlUnqmn between two
if-lrh l ^ ^ J 0 S eL ^ ier a Saltir or St. Andrews-crofs^ every one of thofe two
111 f r fo " rf “ « ,S
for flip n Crowns; 1 my felt have paid an hundred and twenty. Three men
toil upon rh!" m Ppl t y , thcm r fe!ves t0 u eacb °f thefe two ends to carry the Pal-
fwifter than onr c;fl 0U C ei S 5 f °? le ° u the rlsht ’ alld fome on the lef t,and they go
they praftice fromfh men ’ f ndiv,th . a inuch more eaf y P ac c,as being that which
four Roimies a Momh / ou ,S 1 ' re t? everyone lor all things not above
and exceed fixty days labour. ^ y ° U ' n ab ° Ve fiVe lf the i ourne y 156 lon S’
Fi&^mtft Mke aUna 0a M’ Z r^nquin ,he that will travel honourably in the
Arrows fome nt!?,! 8 -Yi* 1 !, twen ty or thirty armed men, with Bows and
that carrv the P / / ersw . 1 b ^ufquets; and they have the fame rate with thofe
uer, ast ?'r r ?a a'„?,° m ? time ? for more magnificence they carryaBan-
Thefe So idS f the honour of their Companies.
Centinek and rei.v, ly for L lhevv ’ bu t they watch for your defence, keeping
you muft know rl ?? 1 - nS tu ne T n0ther ’? nd are very ftll dious to give content. For
a Chieftain that; 3t ’r 1ns wbere you take them into fervice, they have
Houpics a-piece of every oneJ 6 f ° r their fidelity ’ whofor his good word has two