'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.' [‎308] (355/506)

Travels into PERSIA.
Letter V. Lyfmachia cum flore alio quinque foliis expanfo e ruhefcente calice prognato
floret; which difcovers a Participation or Communication of this fide
of Ferfla with /*<//*: But that^which farther confirms it, is, that as
in our Way home we made tfalond our Road, a Fifhing-Town a
Thar fang to the Eaftward of Gombroon, on the Brink of the Gulph,
we found two Temples after the Cuftom of the Idolatrous Indians,
where a Devote of theirs had drawn a great Concourfe, at the Re
port of his Falling Nine Days; which being ended, the rich Bany*
ans made a Feaft and Prefented him with Gilts; for which he return
ed them an Ear of Grain fpiked, in that time Sown before their
Mammon, or God, with a Silver Head, which they bore away as a
thing Sacred.
Here are many Tombs of their Religious Men, who are wholly
devoted to their Superftitions; and becaufe of the diverfity of in
huming them, I (hall give you the manner as I received it; A round
Pit, infafliion of a Well, being made, they place a ftone of Orms
Salt for him to (land on, and another weighty one is put on his
Head ; a Lamp being lighted, they lay Bread and a Jarr of Water by
him, and give him a Staff in his Hand with fome Deneiros for his
Journy; then they cover the Hole with Molds, and build a Turbi*
nated Tomb, without any Hollow more than for a burning Lamp.
Thus as this part bears the fruits of their Superftition, fo the
Earth brings forth the Weeds of their Idolatrous Worfliip; the
Arbor de Rah by the Portugals ; by the Banyans Kartgowii', for the
Reverence paid by thenvto it, the Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. -Trze : Befides this, this
Soil yields good Mango's, Water Melons, and Sweet Onions, with
that rank Poyfon Dutry, nigheft our Solanum Lethale.
At our return from our Country Delights to Gombroon, we found
it clear of theCaun, he being abfent, otherwife no Grift was like to
come to the SJbaw Bunder ; for during his flay no Banyans could be
invited hither; but no fooner was he gone, than they came to their
Stalls, as Sheep do after the fear of the Wolf is over, to their
wonted Pafture.
The Ptrtugai About the beginning of Fifteen Tall Ships, with Gallies of
Fleet and our the Portugals, appeared in this Gulf'to terrify the Arabs \ and about
new Agent the middle of the fame Month, the fame Ship that carried off the
Prefident, brought us a New Agent; who being fickly, was willing
to leave the Port with all expedition, to be at Spahaun before the
Heats; which Journy commenced after an almoft total Eclipfe of
the Moon, notified to us by the loud Mufick and conftant Hubbub
continued all the while.
arrive.