'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.' [‎91] (410/1024)

Book I. Travels in I n d i a.
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to the whole Ship as to themfelves. For they made great Buckets of the Skins,
four Skins to a Bucket, which being let down from the Malls with ,PuIlies’
through certain great Holes which were cut in the Deck* drew up a vail quan
tity of Water. The fame day the violence of the Tempelt continuing, there
fell three Thunderbolts into the Ship. Thefirft fell upon the Boltfprit, pnd
fplit it quite in two ^ and running along upon the Deck, kill’d three men. ^he
fecond fell two hours after, and kill’d two men, (hooting along as the other
did from Head to Stern. The third follow’d prefently after, the Mailer the
Mailers Mate,and my felf Handing together near the main Mas& At what time the
Cook coming to ask the Mailer whether he Ihould take up the Vidiials,the Thun
derbolt took him in the lower part of his Belly, made a little hole, and took off
all the Hair as clean as they drefs a Pig with hot water and Rolin,without doing
him any more harm. Only when they came to anoint the little hole w^th Oil
ofCW^he roar’d out through the lharpnefs of the pain which he endur’d.
The twenty-fourth of in the morning, we difeover’d Land ^ and ma
king toward it, we fouhd our felves before Pome de Gaik, the firll Town in the
Hand of CeyUn, which the Hollanders had taken from the Ponugals. From
thence to the Road of Majlifatan we had very good weather} where we ar
riv’d the fecond of July, an hour or two after Sun-fet. There I went alhore,
and was tiiolt civilly treated by the Dutch Prehdent, and Merchants, as alfo by
the English.
The eighteenth and nineteenth of Jane^ the Sieur Dh Jardin and I, bought us
two Pallekts, and fix Oxen to carry our felves, our Servants, and our Luggage.
Our delign was to have gone dire&ly to Golconda, there to have fold the King
a parcel of long Pearls, the leaft whereof weigh’d thirty-four Carats, and the
biggeft thirty-five,with Tome other Jewels,the moll part whereof were Emraulds.
But the Hollanders affuring us, that our journey would be to no purpofe, int
regard the King would buy nothing that was rare, or of a high price, till Mr-
gimola, his General and prime Minilter of State, had view’d the Commodity - 9
underltanding therefore, that he was then at the Siege of Gandicot, in the Pro
vince of Carnatica, we refolv’d to go thither to him.
CHAP. XVIII.
The Roadfrom Klaflipatan to Gandicot, a City ana (ranifort in the Province
of Carnatica* And of the dealings which the Author had with Mirgimo-
la, who commanded the King of GolcondaT Army. With a difeourfe at
large concerning Elephants.
W E fet forth from Ma flip at an the twentieth of Jane , about five of the
Clock in the Evening.
The next day, being the one and twentieth, we travell’d three Leagues, and
ky at a Village calPd Nilmol.
The two and twentieth, we travell’d fix Leagues,to another Village j
crofting the River upon a floating Bridg, before we came thither.
The three and twentieth, after we had travel’d flx hours, we came to Pate-
a pitiful Village, where we were conffrain’d to lye three days by rea
son of the Rains.
The twenty-feventh, we came to a great Town, call’d Bezjouan 9 not being
^ble to travel above a League and a half, becaufe the Road was overflow’d*
1 here we were forc’d to ftay four days, for the Rains had fd fweli’d the RL
v er which we were to crofs, that the Ferryman could not govern his Btiat a-
pinll the violence of the Stream. There we alfo left the Horfes which the
^ mg of Per fa fent to the King of Golconda ; which by that time were reduc’d tq