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Travels in India.
Part II.
ter. This is inftead of Barley and Oats. As for the King’s other Stables where
he has alfo very fine Horfes, they are fcurvy places, ill-built, which deferve not
to be mention’d.
The Gemene is a fair River that bears good big Boats, which running to Aar a
lofes its name,falling into Ganges at Hallabas. The King has feveralfmall Bntn-
tines at Gehanabad upon the River, to take his pleafure in; and they are very cu-
rioufly trimm’d after the, manner of the Countrey.
CHAP. VII.
The continuance of the fame Road from Dehly to Agra.
F Rom Rthly to Badelpoura^ coltes g
From Badelfoura to Velvet ki-fera, cofles jg
From Pelvel-kj-fera to Cotki-fera, coftes . j ^
From Cot hi-fir a to Chekj-fera, cofbes i6
At Chekj-fera is one of the greateft Pagods of the Indians, together with an
Hofpital for Apes \ as well for thofe that breed there-abouts, as for thofe that
ome from the neighbouring-parts, which the Banians are very careful to feed,
'/his Paged is call’d Matura, and it was formerly in far greater veneration than
it is at this day. The reafon is, becaufe the Gemene ran then juft at the very foot
of the Paged $ wherein the Banians, as well thofe of the Countrey, as thofe that
came from remote parts in Pilgrimage, had the convenience to wafh themfelves
before they went to their Devotions ; and when they had perform’d them, to
wafh again before they eat; which they are not to do ere they have wafh’d j be
lieving alfo that if they wafh in running-water, their fins will be the moreeafily
defac’d. But fome years fince the River, changing its courfe more to the North
ward, comes not within a good league of the Pagod, which is the reafon that the
Pilgriihs have deferted it.
From Chtki'fera to Goodkj-fera, coftes 5
From Goodkj-fera to Afera, coftes 6
Agra lies in 27 deg. 3 1 rain, of Lat. and in a Sandy-foil, which caufes extremi
ty of heat. It is the biggeft City in India, and formerly the Refidence of their
Kings. The Houfes of great Perfons are fair, and well built j but the Houfes of
the meaner-fort are as plain, as in all the other Cities of India. They are built a
good diftance one from another, and hid by the height of their Walls, to keep
their Women from being feen: So that it may be eafily conjectur’d that their
Cities are nothing fo pleafantas ours in Europe. Add to this, that Agra being en-
compaft rpund with the Sands,the heats are there very exceflive,which conftrain’d
Cha-jehan to remove from thence, and to keep his Court at Gehanabad.
All that is remarkable in Agra is the King’s Palace} and fome Monumentsas
well near the City, as in the parts about it. The Palace of the King is a vaft piece
of ground encompaft with a double-wall, which is terrafs’d in fome parts, and
in thofe parts are built certain Lodgings for fame of the Officers of the Court *
The Gemene runs before the Palace j but between the Wall and the River there
is a large fpace of ground, where th$ King caufes his Elephants to fight. This
Field is on purpofe near the Water, becaufe that the Elephant which gets the vi-
ftory, being in a fury, they could not bring him to himfelf, did they not drive
him into the River .* to which end they are forc’d to have recourfe to Policy,by
tying Squibs and Crackers to the end of an Half-Pike, and then giving fire to
them to fright him into the water .* for when he is in but two orthreefoot-deep,
he is prefently appeas’d.
There is a wide f Piaz.z.a, upon one fid# of the City before the Palace, and the
firft Gate , wherein there is nothing of magnificence, is guarded by a few Som-
diers. Before the King removed his Court from Agra to Gehanabad, when he
went into the Countrey for fome time, he gave to fome one of his greateit
Omratfsjwho was his Confident,the Guard of his Palace,where his Treafure lay j