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Travels in India.
Part II,
The one and thirty’th,after we had travell’d nine hours, we Itopt at Goman
The firft of September we travell’d but fix leagues, and came to lie at Gandkot
It was but eight days before, that the Nahab had taken that City,after a Siege of
three months. Nor had it been taken without the affiftance of certain French*
men,who had forfaken the fervice of the D/^-Company,by reafonof ill-ufage
Jhey had alfo feveral Englijh and Dutch-Cannoneers, with two or three Italic
which mainly forwarded the furrender of that place.
Gandicot is one of the ftrongeft Cities in the Kingdom of Cammca. Itis fitua-
ted upon the point of an high Mountain } there being but one afcent to it, not
above twenty or five and twenty-foot-broad at moft; in fome places not above
feven or eight-foot-wide. On the right-hand of the way, which is cut out of
the Mountain, there is a moft hideous precipice } at the bottom whereof runs a
vaft River. Upon the top of the Mountain there is a fmall plain, but a quarter
of a league broad, and about half a league long. This is all fow’d with Rice and
Millet,and water d with many little Springs. The topofthe plain on theSouth-
fide,where the City is built, is encompaft with precipices, two Rivers running at
the bottom, which form the point. So that there is but one Gate to enter into
the City from the plain-fide} and that too fortifi’d with three good walls of
Free-ftone,with Moats pav’d at the bottom with Free-ftone} fo that the befieg’d
had but only one quarter of the City to defend, containing about five hunder’d
paces. They had but two Iron-Guns, the one carrying twelve-pound-Ball, the
other eight. The one was planted upon the Gate, the other upon a point of a
kind of a Baftion. So that until the Nahab had found the way to mount his Can
non upon a very high place neer the City, he loft a great number of men by fe
veral fa Hies which the Befieg’d made. The Raja King that was within, was efleem’d
one of the braveft and moft experienc’d Captains that ever were amongft the Ido
laters : whereupon,the Nahab finding that the place was not to betakeji,unlefshe
could get up his Cannon to the top of that fteep afcent, fent for all the French
men that were in the King’s fervice,promifing to every one four months extraor
dinary pay, if they could find away to mount his Cannon up to the topof fucha
place} wherein they had the good-hap to be very fuccesful. For they mounted
four pieces of Cannon, and were fo profperous,as to hit the great Gun that was
planted upon the Gate, and render it unferviceable. At length, when they had
beaten down good part of the Wall of the City,the Befieged came to capitulate,
and march’d out of the Town upon good Articles. The day we arriv’d, all
the Army was encamp’d at the foot of the Mountain, in a plain, through which
there ran a very fair River where the Nahab mufter’d his Cavalry, and found
them in a very good condition. An £«^///b-Cannoneer and an Italian feeing Mon-
fieur Jar din and my felf pafs by, gnefs’d us to be FranguRs } and becaufe it was
late,accofted us very civilly ,and oblig’d us to ftay with them all night. By them
we underftood that there was in the City a Fre^c/^-Engineer, whofe name was
Claudius MaiUe of Bourges^ and that he was employ’d by the Nahab to call fom6
pieces of Cannon which the Nahab intended to leaye in the City.
T he next day we went into the City, and found out Maille^s Lodging, haying
been acquainted with him at Batavia ; who informing the Nahab of our arrival,
he prefently fent us Provifion for our felves and our beafts.
The third day we went to wait upon the who had pitch’d his Tents up
on that part of the plain neer the place where the way is cut out of the Rock.
We inform’d him of the caufe of our coming, telling him that we had fome Com
modities that were rare, and worth the King’s buying ; but that we were unwil
ling to fhew them to the King till he had feen them; believing it our duty to
render him that refped. The Nahab was very well-pleas’d with our Comple
ment •, and after he had caus’d us to be prefented with Betle\ we took our leaves
of him, and return'd to our Lodgings, whither he fent to us two Bottles of
Wine,one of Sack,and the other of which is a rare thing in that Countrey.
. The fourth day we waited upon him again, and carried along with us fome
Pearles of an extraordinary weight,beauty and bignefs} the leaft whereof weigh
twenty four Caratts. After he had vewd them and Ihew’d them to fome of the Lords
that were about him,he ask’d the price, which when we had fet him, he return
us our Jewels and told us he would confider of it.
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