!['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.' [‎78] (121/506)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0125.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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.' [‎78] (121/506)")
'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.' [78] (121/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (427 pages). It was created in 1698. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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78
An Hiftorical
Letter IL
Seva Gt gone
a Pilgrimage.
The Offici-
oufnefs of a
Chief Mini-
fter of State
to the Englijh,
and then fet forward for Nifhampore , and at Nine paffing by Mi.
jl amp ore, arrived next Morning at Gotigouly , a little Village fituated
on the Bank of a pleafant Rivulet, from whence in a fair Day may
be difcerned the Caftle of Rairee: The day after they proceeded on
their Journy to Rairee, and about Nine of the Clock in the Evening
came to Puncharra, a Town at the Foot of the Hill, where they un-
derftood that Seva G't was departed thence to Furtaahgur, to vifitthe
Shrine of Bowany, a Pagod of great efteem with him, and celebrated
fome Ceremonies there in order to his Coronation ; having carried
with him feveral Prefents, and among the reft a Lumhrko ol pure
Gold, weighing about one Maund and a quarter, which is Forty
two Pounds, wtiich he hath dedicated to the laid Pagod.
In the interim, underftanding they could not be admitted into the
Caftle till Seva Gts return, they pitched their Tent in the Plain; and
in order to their more fpeedv difpatch, make xheir Bufinefs known
to their Procurator Narun Gi Pundit (whofc reception was very kind)
and delivered him his Honour's Letters; Ifowing him the feveral
Prefents they brought for the Rajah, and Mimilers of State; of which
he highly approved, and promifed them to help them to the Rajitis
prefence, as foon as Conveniently he could after his return from Pil
grimage to Purtaahgur: And bad them reft content, that his Endea
vours fhould be totally employed in the Honourable Company's In-
tereft, and procuring them a fpeedy difpatch: For which having ren
dered him Thanks, he pre fen ted him with the Articles which they
brought for the Rajah to fign, tranflated into Mo ratty Language;
which he faid he would perufe, and then give his judgment of them.
He then took occafion to difcourfe with him concerning the Conclu*
fion of a Peace betwixt the Rajah and the Syddy of Banda Rajapore ;
urging many Arguments to create in him a belief it would be for the
Rajah's advantage, but he would not be perfuaded it was for his Ma
iler's Intereft to raife a Siege which had coft him fo much Blood and
Treafure; efpecially now he hath fuch hopes of gaining the Place:
And therefore told them, it would be in vain to move it to the Raj t ab t
who was refolved to take in theCaftle, let it coft him what it will:
And to that effed: was daily fending down more Ordnance, Ammu
nition, Men and Money.
Our AmbalTador replied, The Prefident had no other Dcfign in
making this motion, than that of a good Neighbour ; havingob-
ferved the Miferieseach Party endured, and the general obftrudion
01 Trade, occafioned by the War; but fince he defired him to defift
mentioning it to the Rajah, he fhould not trouble him therewith ; but
w hat u as more confiftent with our own and his Intereft ; which was
the encouraging Trade and Merchandife in his Country, and opening
the ways to Ba/igaot, that Merchants might with fafety bring down
their Goods to Port • which would be much to the Rajah's Profit,
an encreafe of his Treafury: And this he recommended to his Pru-
ence to perfuade the Rajah thereto; who being a Soldier from his
Infancy, its poftible minded not fuch concerns.
f U ^ C / l a . n ^ werec '> That he doubted not but it would be ef-
^ u / > ^ or t ^ at the King of Fifiapour, who is Owner
o thole Countries (from whence moft forts of Wares come) being
eary 0 Wars witn his Mailer, had fent feveral Embaffies to con-
elude
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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.
Author: John Fryer, M D.
Publication Details: London: R R [Richard Roberts] for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard.
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xiii) and another Roman numeral pagination at the end of the volume (i-xxiv); with maps and figures; folio.
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The volume contains a table of contents giving letter numbers and chapter headings. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There are also an alphabetical index ('An Index Explanatory'), and an alphabetical 'Table of some Principal Things herein contained, neither reducible to the Index Explanatory, nor the Contents' of at the back of the volume.
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- '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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:10, 1:14, 1:6, 6a:6b, 7:36, 36a:36b, 37:40, 40a:40b, 41:50, 50a:50b, 51:110, 110a:110b, 111:230, 230a:230b, 231:416, 416a:416b, 417:428, 1:24, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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