'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.' [‎33] (352/1024)

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Traveh zk I n d i a
'^prom Andi to Onqmnas^ coftes ^
From Onquenax to Tiquery foftzs ^
From Tifiery to Tool-meden^ coftes ^
From Tool-meden to Nova-fera, coites ^
From Nova-fern to Ichavour, coftes ^
From Ichav our'to Signor^ coftes ^
From Signor to Chekaipour 7 coftes if 3
From Chekaiponr to Dour-ay, coftes 3
From Doiir-ay to Aftr-kaira r coftes 3
From .dfer-kaira to Telor^ coftes ’ , 3
From Telor to San-kaira^ coftes 3
From San-kaira to Serongc, coftes 13
Scronge >s a great City, the moft part of the Inhabitants whereof are Banian Merchant of Indian extraction.
Merchants, and Handicraft-trades-men from Father to Son, which is the reafori
that there are in this City feveral Houfes of Stone and Brick. There is alfo a
great Trade for all forts of painted Calicuts, which are called Chites^ which is the
cloathing of all the meaner fort of people both in Perfia and Turkey Of which
in other Countreys alfo they make ufe, for Coverlets for Beds, and Table-napkins.
They make the fame fort of Calicuts in other Countreys as'well as at Seronge,
bat the colours are not fo lively } belldes, that they wear out with often waih-
ing. Whereas tliofe that are made at Seronge^ the more you walh them, the
fairer the colours fhew. There runs a River by the City, the water whereof has
that vertue, that it gives that beauty and liyelinefs to the colours. And all the
while the rains fall, the Workmen will make thefe prints upon their Cottons, ac
cording tothe Patterns which the Forreign Merchants give them 5 for when the
waters are ceas’d, the water is the thicker; and the oftener they dip their Cali
cuts, the better the colours hold.
There is alfo made at Seronge another fort of Calicut, which is fb fine,that when
a man puts it on, his skin lhall appear through it, as if he were naked. The Mer
chants are not permitted to tranfport it. For the Governour fends it all to the £e-
raglio. of the Great Mogul, and to the principal Lords of the Court. Of this,
the Sultanelfes, and great Noblemen’s Wives make them Shifts and Garments in
hot-weather: And the King and the Lords take great pleafure to behold them in
thofe Shifts, and to fee them Dance with nothing elfe upon their Bodies.
From Bramfore to Seronge is an hundred and one coftes, which are longer than
thofe from Surat to Bramfore } for the Coach is a full hour, and fometiraes five
quarters, going one of thefe coftes. In thefe hundred leagues of the Countrey
you travel whole days journeys along by moft fertil Fields of Corn and Rice, be
ing lovely Champaign, where you meet with very little Wood 5 and from Seronge
to Agra, the Countrey is much of the fame nature : And becaufe the Villages
lye thick together, your journey is the more pleafant; befides, that you may reft
when you pleafe.
From Seronge to Madalki-fera^ coftes. , 6
Madalki-fera .to Poulki-fera, coftes. ■[ ^ 2
Trom Poulki-fera to Kafariki-fera 0 coftes. ' , 3
From Kafariki-fera to Chadolki-fera, coftes. 6
From Chadolki-fera to Callabat^ coftes, 6
CaUalas is a great Town, which was formerly the Refidence of a Raja King , who
paid Tribute to the Great Mogul, But when Orang-z*eb came to the Crown, he
not only cut off his, but a great number of the heads of his Subje&s. There are
two Towers near the Town, upon the high-way,and round about the Towers are
^eral holes, like windows ^ and in every hole, two foot diftant one from ano-
ther, there is fix’d a man s head. In my laft Travels in the year 166$, it had not
j G ^ on g fince that Execution had been done; for then all the Heads were wholes
und caus’d a very ill fmell:
From Calialas to Akmate, coftes 2
Horn Akmate to Cotta far, coftes T L , A, T ^ Ti;... -o
, a little Town, all the Inhabitants whereof are Idolaters. As I paft
oil? 0 lt ^ n rn ^ ^ T rav d s > there were brought to it eight Pieces of Ar-
the one carrying 48 pound-Bullet, the reft $ 6 . Every Piece was drawn
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