'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.' [‎34] (353/1024)

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by 24 Yoke of Oxen. A very ftrong Elephant follow’d the
they came to any bad-way, where the Oxen were at a Hand, they brought r
Elephant, who heav’d the Cannon forward withhis Trunk. Without their 6
all along the high-way, there grows a vaft number of great Trees whichT 1 ’
call Mangaes ^ and in many places near the Trees are to be feen little p a
with every one an Idol at the door. The Elephant palling by one of the p 3 ^ ’
before which I was lodg’d, at the door whereofthere flood three Idols about fi’
foot highfo foon as he came near one, he took it up in his trunk, and broke V
two pieces, the next he took, he threw it up fo high, and fofar, that he hr
it in four pieces} and carried away the head of the third along with him s ’
thought that the Governour of the Elephant had taught him what to do andm°T
figns to him, which however I did not obferve } nevcrthelefs the Baliam
very much offended, though they <Jurfl not fay any thing • for there wasaG^H
of above two thoufand men that convoy’d the Artillery, all Souldiers of th
King, and Mahometans^ belides Franggiis, or Franks, Enghjh and Hollanders th
were Cannoneers. The King fent this Artillery to his Army in Bee an being r
Wars with the Raja King Seva-gi, who the year before had plunder’d Surat • of whn
I fhall haveoccafion to fpeak in another place. . , 5 111
From Collafar to Sanfele, cofles
From Sanfele to Dongry, cofles
From JDongry to Gate, cofles 4
Gate is a flrait paffage of the Mountains, a quarter of a League in length tk
defeeht whereof leads from Surat to jlgra. At the entery thereof you fee the
fuinsoftwoor three Caflles, and the Road is fo narrow, that two Waggons can
hardly go a brefl. They that come from the South to go to Jgra, as from Su
rat, Goa, Fifafore, Golconda, Mafltpatan, and other places, cannot avoid thefe
flreights, there being no other Road but this, efpecially if you take the Road
from Amadabat. Formerly there was a Gate at each end of the flreight and
at that end which is next to Hgra, there are five or fix Shops of Banians' that
fell Flower, Butter, Rice, Herbs and Pulfe. In my lafl Travels I flaid at oneof
thefe Shops, to tarry for the Coaches and Waggons, all the Pafiengers alighting
at the foot of the Streights. Not far off there is a great Magazin full of fads
of Rice and Corn} and behind every fack lay a Serpent thirteen or fourteen foot
long, and proportionable in bignefs. A Woman that went to fetch Corn out of
one of thofe facks, was bitten by one of thofe Serpents, and perceiving her felf
wounded, ran out of the Magazin, crying out Ram, Ram, that is, OGod, 0 God,
whereupon feveral Banians, men and women came running to her relief and
bound her arm very hard above the wound, thinking to flop the venom from run
ning any higher. But all in vain,for immediately her face fwell’d and turn’d black,
and fhe dy’d in lefs than an hour. The RagipotSs, who are the belt Souldiers among
the Indians, and are all Idolaters, came in juft as the woman was expiring, and
about four of them entring with their Skains, and Half-pikes in their hands into
the Magaziu, kill’d the Serpent. The people of the Village took and threw it
without the Town, and immediately there came agreat number of Birds of prey,
which lighting upon the Carrion, devour’d it in lefs than an hours time. The Pa
rents Of the woman took her body, carri’d it to the River, waft’d it, and then
burnt it. I was fore d to ftay two days at that place, becaufe there was a River
to pafs, which inftead of falling, fwell’d at that time, by reafon of the rains that
fell for three or four days together: So that I was conftrain’d to go half a league
lower before I could crofs it. They always endeavour'd to ford this River ^ for
otherwife they muft be compell’d to unload the Wgagon into the Boats} and alfo
to carry the Goods in their arms for above half a league, which is worfe way
than can be imagin’d. The people get their livings by the Paffengers, from whom
they extort as much as they can, there being none but they that know the ways:
Otherw ife it would be an eafy thing to make a Bridge, there being no want either
of Wood or Stone near at hand. For the paflage is nothing but thorough Rocks,
that lie between the Mountain and the River } fo that the waters when they
fwdl, overflow all the Road, in-fo-much that no-body can pafs it, but they who
are very well acquainted with it.
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