'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎72] (115/506)

7 2 AnHiftorical .
T p*ter If When we alighted, the Sun began to mount the Horizon over the
Hills and under our Feet, as if he had newly bathed his fiery Cour-
fers, 'there appeared the Mouth of a Tank, or Aquedud, out of a
Rock whofe (learning Breath was very hot, but water cold : From
hence it is thought the whole City to be fupplied with water; for as
we afcend, we find fuch Places, where convenient, filled with Lim
pid Water, not over matched in India : If it be fo, (as I know not
how to contradid it) that it fhould have its Current upwards
through the hard Rocks artificially cut , the World cannot parallel
fo wonderful a Water-courfe !
TheCiry of From hence the Paffage is uneafy and inacceffible for more than
canordn, for- tw0 abrcaft, till we come to the City, all cut out of a Rock; where
merly anHea- is pre( - ente( j y u lcans Forge, fupportcd by two mighty Colofies, bel-
1 cn Me '• lied in the middle with two Globes. Next a Temple with a beauti
ful Frontispiece not unlike the Portuco of St. Paul's IVefl Gate: With
in the Porch on each fide (land Two MonflrousGiants, wheretwo
Lefier and one Great Gate give a noble Entrance j it can receive no
Light but at the Doors and Windows of the Porch, whereby it looks
more folemnly; the Roof is Arched, feeming to be born up by
huge Pillars of the fame Rock, fome Round, fome Square, 34 in
number. The tormfh tVork of Elephants,.Horfes, Lions; at the
upper end it rounds like a Bow; near where (lands a great Offertory
fomewhat Oval, the Body of it without Pillars, they only making a
narrow Piatzo about, leaving the Nave open : It may be an 100
Feet in Length, in Height 60 Feet or more. •
Beyond this, by the fame Mole-like Induftry, was w r orked out a
Court of judicature (as thofe going to Ihew it w ill needs give Names)
or Place of Audience; f o Feet fquare, all beftuck with Imagery ,
well Engraven according to old Sculpture. On the Side, over againft
the Door, fate one Superintendent, to whom the Brachmn went with
us, paid great Reverence, not (peaking of him without a token of
worihip; whom he called Jougy, or the Holy Man ; under this the
way being made into handfome Marble Steps, are the King's Stables,
not different from the Faihion of our Noblemens Stables, only at the
head of every Stall feems to be a Dormitory, or Place for Devotion,
with Images, which gave occafion to doubt if ever for that End; or
rather made for an Heathen Seminary of Devotes, and thefe their
Cells or Chappels, and the open Place their Common Hall or School:
More aloft flood the King's Palace, large, (lately and magnificent,
furrounded with lefier of the Nobility.
Reported to To fee all, would require a Month's time; but that we might fee
the d Rock$ t b 0f 35 muc :^ ascou ^ t) e in our allotted time, we got upon the higheft
^Jexantil. Y P art t ^ e Mountain, where we feafted our Eyes with innumerable
Entrances of thefe Cony-burrows, but could not fee one quarter
part. Whofe Labour this (hould be, or for what purpofe, is out of
memory; but this Place by the Gentiles is much adored: Some con
tend for Alexander ; and as a proof, think they have faid enough,
when it is received by Tradition, that a great Gap out of a folid
Rock was^ut by him to make this an Ifland : But this is contradi
ctory to the Story delivered Alexander, That he failed
and encountred King ?orus, ot whom fome little Remains may be
collected, they fpeaking of that King by the Name of For in Caw-