'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.' [‎64] (1019/1024)

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’The Commodities of the
Gum-Lake for the moft part comes from Pegu; yet there is fome alfo
brought from Bengda ^ where it is very dear , by ,reafon the Natives
fetch that lively Scarlet colour out of it, with which they paint their
Calicuts. Neverthelefs, the Hollanders buy it y and carry it into Perfi*
for the fame ufe of painting. That which remains after the colour is
drawn off, is only fit to make fealing Wax. That which comes from
Pegu is not fo dear, though as good for other Countries. The difference
isoniy this, that it is not lb clean in Pegu, where the Pifmiresfoul it, as
in BengaU, where it grows in a heathy place, full of Shrubs, where
thofe Animals cannot fo well come at it. The Inhabitants of Pegu never
make any ufe of it in painting , being a dull fort of people, that are in
nothing at all induftrious.
The Women of Surat get their livings by cleanfing the Lakejafterthe
Scarlet colour is drawn from it. After that they give it what oolour
theypleafe, and make it up into Sticks for fealing Wax. The Lnglijh
and Holland Company carry away every year a hundred and fifty Chefts.
The price is about ten Pence the pound.
Powdefd Sugar is brought in great quantities out of the Kingdom of
BengaU; it caufes alfo a very great Trade at Ougeli, Patna, Daca, and
other places. I have been told it for a very great certainty, by feveral
ancient people in BengaU , that Sugar being kept thirty years becomes
abfolute poifon, and that there is no Venom more dangerous, or that
fooner works its effcft. Loaf Sugar is alfp made at Amadabat , where
they are perfe&Iy skill d in refining it 5 for which reafon it is call’d Sugar
Royal. Thefe Sugar Loaves ufually weigh from eight to ten pound.
Opium is brought from Brampour, a Town of good Trade between
Agra and Surat. The Hollanders buy great quantities, which they truck
for their Pepper.
Tobacco alfo grows in abundance round about Brampour; fometimes
there has been fo much that the Natives have let vaft quantities rot upon
the ground, for want of gathering.
Coffee grows neither in Ferfia nor in Jndia, where it is in no requeft-
but the Hollanders drive a great Trade in it, tranfporting it from Ormns
into Per ft a , as far as Great Tart ary , fr om,Ba Ifara into Chaldea , Arabia ,
Mesopotamia, and the other Provinces of Turky. It wasfirft found out
by a Hermite, whofe name was Sheck-Siadeli , about twenty years ago,
before which time it was never heard of in any Author either ancient or
modern.
Lain Silk Wares may be alter’d in length, breadth, and quality. The
quality fhews it felf when they are of an even thread, when the
weight is equal, and when there is no Cotton thread in the Weft.
The Indians not having the art of gilding filver, put into their ftrip’d
Wares threads of pureGold/o that you muft count the quantity of Gold
threads to fee whether the Silk have its due number. And this alfo you
muft obferye in your Silks wov n with Silver. As for Taffata's, you are
only to mind whether the pieces be all of a finenefs, and to fee by
unfolding fome of them, that there be nothing within to augment the
'Weight, and then weighing ail the pieces by thecnfelves, to fee that they
all agree.
Deceits in Silk Wares.
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