'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.' [‎97] (416/1024)

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Book I.
Travels in I
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Thegreateft part of thofe that have made Relations of Mia, boldly affirm
that the Great Mogul keeps three or four-thoufand Elephants. But being my
felf at ’jehanabad, where the King at prefent refides, he that was chief Matter of
the Elephants, allur’d me that the King had not above five-hunder’d Elephants
which were call’d Elephants of the Houfe,made ufe of only to carry the Women’
their Tents,and Luggage; but that for the Wars,he only kept fourfcore,or four-
fcore and ten at moft. The nobleft of the latter fort is always referv’d for the
King’s Eldeft Son, the allowance for his food and other neceharies being <oo
ilcmpies a month,which comes to 750 Litres. There are fome that are not al
low’d above 50, others 4©, others,30,and fome but 20 Roupies. But thofe Ele
phants that are allow’d an hunder’d, two-hunder’d, three-hunder’d or four-
hunder’d Roupies a-month, have belonging to them certain Horfe-men that live
upon the fame pay, and two or three young fellows to fan them during the heat
of the weather. All thefe Elephants are not always kept in the City : the
greateft part being led out every morning into the fields, or among the thickets
Where they feed upon the branches of Trees, Sucre-canes,and Millet,to the great
detriment of the poor Country man. But not a little to the profit of their
Keepers; for the iefs they eat at home, the more they gain into their own
purfes.
T he twenty- fev en th of Ariguttjtiz travelled fix leagues, andlay at a great Town
call’d. l&igik'peui.
The twenty-eighth,after eight leagues journey we came to Ondecour.
The twenty-ninth,after nine hours travel we arriv’d at OutemeddfNhzYZ there
is one of the greateft Pagods in all India, It is all built of large Free-ftone,^nd
it has three T owers, where there ftand feveral deform’d figures of Embofs’d-
work. It is encompaft with many little Chambers for):he Priefts Lodgings .• five-
hunderd paces beyond there is a wide Lake, upon the banks wheraof are built
feveral Pagods eight or ten-foot-fquare j and in every one an Idol reprefenting the
lhape offome Devil, with a Bramere^ who takes care that no ftranger that is hot
of their fuperftition, fhall come to wafh, or take any water out of the Lake. If
any ftranger defiresany water,they bring it in earthen-pots.* and if by chance
their pot touches the ftranger’s Vefifel, they break it immediately. They told me
alfo.that if any ftranger, not of their fuperftition,Ihould happen by accident to
Waft in that Lake, they muft be forc’d to drain the lake of all the water that
was in at that time. As for their alms,they are very charitable ^ for there palfes
by no perfon in neceffity, or that begs of them, but they give them to eat and
(Irink of fach as they have. There are feveral Women that fit upon the Road^
whereof fome of them always keep fire for Travellers to light their Tobacco by.
Nay,they will give a Pipe to fome that have none at all. Others boil Rice with
Qicheri, which is a grain fornewhat like our Hemp-feed. Others boil Beans
with their Rice,becaufe the water wherein they are boil’d never puts thofe that
are over-hot into a pleurify. There are-Women that have vow’d to perform thefe
ads of Charity to firangersTor feven or eight years,fome for more,fome for lefs,
according to their convenience. And to every Traveller they give fome of their
Beans,and Rice-water,and an handful of Rice to eat. There are other Women
upon the high-way, and in the fields, looking behind their Horfes, their Oxen,
their Cows, who have made vows never to eat but what they find indigelled
m the dung of thofe Beafts.Now in regard there is neither Barly nor Oats in that
Countrey, they give their Cattle certain great crooked Peafe, which they bruife
neiOre between two Mill-ftones: and then lay them in fteep for half an hour}
^01 they are a very folid fubftance, and hard to be digefted. They give their Cat-
t dieie Peafe every evening; and in the morning they feed them with two
ponnu of dark-brown-Sugar, like Wax,kneaded together with as much Meal,and
nnc-ponnd of Butter, whereof the Oftlers or Grooms make little round Balls
ao- iC ltle J t ^ iru ^ : d° wn their throats; for otherwife they-would never eat them,
^ueuvards they wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. their mouths, that are all over clamm’d, efpecially their
wriIc h makes them have fttch an averlion againft that fort of food. All the
0R & the y Puh up the grafs and weeds, by the roots,and give their CatteLbe-
very careful of letting them eat any of the earth.
lc thir ty we travell’d eight leagues’ and lay at a place call’d G oh! up ale. ■
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