'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.' [‎184] (513/1024)

After you have pals d the Mountains, you may travel to Bomm
Camels, Horfes, or Palleki’s, which you pleafe. The Country is mrS n , 0xen >
ing in Rice, Corn, Pulfe, and ftore of Wine. All the people both men f? nd '
men are clad m the Summer with a large piece of Fuftian, or Hemnen ri
in the Winter with a thick Cloath,almoft like Felt, Both men and ;
upon their heads a kmde of Bonnet, much like our drinking Cans whM?u ar
adorn with Boars teeth, and with round and fquare pieces of ToVm <L if y
The richer fort intermix Coral and Amber Beads, of which their women „ r
them Neck-Laces. 1 he men as well as the woman wear Bracelets ?i, ■
left hands only, from the wrill to the elbow. The woman wear them n ■
the men lofe. About their necks they wear a filken twill, at the end ,
of hangs a Bead of yellow Amber or Coral, or a Boars Tooth which af?'
upon their Breafts. On their left fides, their Girdles are button’d with Be^
of the fame. Though they be Idolaters, yet they feed upon all fort of Za
except the flelh of Cows, which they adore as the common Nurfes of all m ’
they are befides great lovers of ftrong water. They obferve alfo fome fW 5
monies of the Chtnefes, burning Amber at the end of their Feails, thouah tU
do not worlhip fire like the Chmefes. For which reafon the Merchants of Z
ta * W1 u . gl L ve aC J P i atm f or a Serre of lar ge P^ces of yellow Amber, asbiet
a Nut, bright and clean, thirty-five and forty Roupies. The Serre of vello,v L
ber. Musk , Coral, Ambergreafe,Rhubarb,and other Drugs,containing nine CWr
to the pound. Saitpeter, Sugar, Rice, Corn, and other Commodities are alfo
fold by the Serre in Bengala ■ but the Serre contains feventy-two of our PomHo
Paris’ 1 ° UnCeS t0 the P ° Und ’ Sndf ° rty make 3 0r 282 4 Po mds
To return to yellow Amber a piece of nine ounces is worth .in Bourn kom
2 5° to 300 Roupies, according to its colour and beauty. Coral roogh,or wroctht
into Beads, yields profit enough j but they had rather have it rough, to fhaue it
as they pleafe themfelves. 6 5 Jape 11
The Women and Maids are generally the Artifts among them,as to thofe toys,
They alf ? Bea ^ s of Cryftal and ^at. As for the Men,they make Bracelets
xt T 9' rt01 ^ e " flle | 1 7 anc ^ Sea-fhells,and polifh thofe little pieces of Shells which tlte
Northern people wear in their ears, and in their hair. InPawa andD^there
are above two thoufand perfons that thus employ themfelves,furnifhing the King,
doms of Bontan, Afem, Siam, and other Northern and Eaflern parts of the Mo-
guts Dominions. ^
As for Wormfeed, the Herb grows in the Fields,and mull dye before the Seed
can be gather d_; but the mifehief is, that before the Seed is ripe, the wind feat,
ters the greateft part which makes it fo feearce. When they gather the Seed,
they take two little Hampers, and as they go along the Fields, they move their
Hampers from the right to the left, and from the left to the right, as if they
were mowing the Herb, bowing it at the top, and fo all the Seed falls into the
Hampers.
Rhubarb is a Root which they cut in pieces,and ilringing them by ten or twelve
together, hang them up a drying.
Had the Natives of Bom an ^ much art in killing the Martin 2s the Mfcovitc,
veac * S rea f ft°re of thofe rich Furs, conlidering what a number of
1 /t* TT S t™ 61 *u are in Countrey. No fooner does that creature peep out
o 11s pole, but the Mnfcovites, who lye upon the watch, have ’em prefently,
either m the nofe or in the eyes; for fhould they hit ’em in the body, the blood
would quite fpoyl thq skin.
has conflantly feven or eight thoufand Men for his Guard,
neir Weapqns are for the moft part Bows and Arrows. Some of them carry
” aXeS j a ^^ uc ^ ers ‘ /^isalong time ago lince they had the firltufeof
Muskets and Cannons: their Gun-Powder being long ,but y of an extraordinary
xorce. I hey aliur d me that fome of their Cannons had Letters and Figures up
on t em, that were above five hunder’d years old. They dare not ftir out ofthe
Kingdom without the Governor’s particular leave; nor dare they carry a Musket
a ong with them,unlefs their next Kindred will undertake for them that they ihall
□ring it back. Otherwifel had brought one along with me; for by the cha-
rate