'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.' [‎31] (350/1024)

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efleem’d. The grain of it is lefs by one half, than the grain of the common
Rice and when it is boil’d no fnow is whiter} but befides all that, it fmells of
Musk } and all the Grandees of the Indians eat no other. When they would
make an acceptable Prefent to any one in Perfia^ they fend him a fack of this
Rice. This River which paTes by Kerkoa and thofe other places I have men
tion’d, empties it felf into the River of Surat.
From Navapoura to N afar bar ^ coltes.
From Nafarbar to Dol-medan^ coftes.
From Dol-medan to Senquera^ coltes.
From Senquera to Tallener^ coftes.
At TaUener you are to pafs the River, which runs to Baroche ; where it is ve
ry large, and empties it felf into the (jrolf of Cambay a.
From TaUener to Choupre i coltes.
From Chmpre to Senquelis 0 coltes.
From SenqueUs to Nabir^ coltes.
From Nabir to Badelpoura^ coltes.
At Badelpoura it is, where the loaded Waggons pay the duties of Brampour\
but the Waggons that carry nothing but Pafiengers pay nothing*
From Badelpour { a to Brampour^ coltes. £
Brampour is a great City, very much ruin’d, the Houfes being for the molt
part thatch’d with Itraw. There is alfo a great Caltle in the midlt of the City,
where the Governour lies} the Government of this Province is a very confidera-
ble command} and is only conferr’d upon the Son or Unckle of the King. And
Aureng-wb, the prefent King, was a long time Governour of this Province in the
Reign of his Father. But fince they came to underltand the Itrength of the Pro
vince of Bengala, which formerly bore the Title of a Kingdom, that Province is
now the moll confiderable in all the MoguPs Countrey. There is a great Trade
in this City, and as well in Brampore^ as over a)l the Province, there is made a
prodigious quantity of Calicuts very clear and white, which are tranfported into
Ttrfa, Turkey and Mufcovia, Boland, Arabia, to Grand Cairo, and other places*
There are fame which are painted with feveral colours, with flowers, of which
the Women make Veils and Scarfs the fame Calicuts lerve for Coverlets of
Beds, and for Handkerchiefs. There is another fort of Linnen which they never
dye, with a llripe or two of Gold or Silver quite through the piece, and at each
end from the breadth of one inch to twelve or fifteen,in fome more,in lomelefs,
they fix a tiflue of Gold, Silver, and Silk, intermix'd with Flowers, whereof
there ismo wrong-lide, both fides being as fair the one as the other. If thefe
pieces, which they carry into Boland, where they have a valt utterance, want at
each end three or four inches at the leall of Gold or Silver; or if that Gold or
Silver become tarniflfd in being carried by Sea from Surat to Ortnus, and from
Trebizan to Mangala, or any other parts upon the Black-Sea,.the Merchantdhall
have much ado to put them off without great lofs.He mult take care that his goods
hepackt up in goodBales^ that no wet may get in; which for fo long a Voyage
requires great care and trouble. Some of thefe Linnens are made purpofely for
Swathbands dr Shalhes, and thofe pieces are call’d Ornis. They contain from
1 S to 20 Ells; and colt from an hundred to an hundred and fifty Roupies,the leall,
not being under tenor twelve ells.Thofe that are not above two ells long are worn
hy the Ladies of Quality for Veils, and Scarfs, of which there is a vail quantity ven
ded in and Turkey.TY&y make at alfo other forts of Cotten-Linhen$
ror indeed there is no Province in all the Indies which more abounds in Cotton.
‘ When you leave the City of Brampoure, you mull pafs another River, befides
that which I have mention’d already. There is no Bridge, and therefore when the
Water is low, you ford itwhen the rains fall, there are Boats attending.
From Surat to Brampour it is 132 Coltes} and thefe Colles are very Ihort in the
Mies ^ for you may travel one of them in a Coach in lefs than an hour.
1 remember a It range tumult at Brampoure, in the year 1541, whent I re-
urned from Agra to Surat the caufe whereof was thus, in fhort .* The
Jjovernour of the Province, who was the King’s Nephew by the Mother’s-fide,
ad among his Pages a young Boy that was very beautiful, and of a very good
^anuly, w ho had a Brother in the City that liv’d as a Dervkh , and for whom
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