'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.' [‎63] (382/1024)

Book I.
Travels in I
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C H A P. X.
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0 / tie Kingdom of Golconda, and the Wars which it has maintain d
for fome few years lafl paJL
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H E whole Kingdom of Golconda, take it in general, is a good Country
abounding in Corn, Rice, Cattel, Sheep, Poultry, and other neceflaries for
human life. In regard there are great Itore of Lakes in it, there is alfo great
ftore of Filh. Above all the reft, there is a fort of Smelt, that has but one bone
in the middle, which is moft delicious food. Nature has contributed more than
Art, toward the making thefe Lakes, whereof the Country is full • which are
generally in places fomewhat rais’d,fo that you need do no more than make a lit
tle Dam upon the plain-fide to keep in the water. Thefe Dams or Banks arefome-
times half a league longand after the rainy feafons are over, they open the
Sluces from time to time to let out the water into the adjacent Fields where it
is receiv’d by divers little Channels to water particular grounds.
Bapiager is the name of the Metropolis of this Kingdom ; but vulgarly it is
call’d Golconda, from the name ofa Fortrefs, not above two leagues diftant from
it, where the King keeps his Court. This Fortrefs is about two leagues in cir-
ctiit, and by confequence requires a numerous Guard. It is as it were a Town
whet e the King keeps his T realure .• having left Bagnagar,o.\ox lince it was lack’d
by the Army, which Aureng-z.eb brought againft it.
Ugmgar is then the City, which they vulgarly call ; and it was foun-
ded by the great Grandfather of the prefent King; upon the importunity of one
of his Wives, whom he paflionately lov’d, whofe name was Before that
it was only a place of Pleafure, where the King had very fair Gardens, till at
length his Wife continually reprefenting to him the delicacies of the lituation for
the buildi ng a City and a Palace, by reafon of the River j he laid the foundations,
and order’d that it (hould bear the name of his Wife, calling it, Ba.g-Naga.r, that
is to fay, the Garden of Nagar. This City lies in feventeen degrees of Eleva
tion, wanting two minutes. The Country round about is a flat Country, only
neer the City are feveral Rocks, as you fee about Fomain-Bkait. A great River
walhes the Walls of the City upon the South-weft-ilde, which, neer to Maflipa-
tails into the Gulf of Bengala. At Bagnagar you crofs this River over a
Bridg no lefs beautiful than Pont-Neuf ax. Pari,. The City is little lefs than Or-
well-built, and full of Windows. There are many fair large Streets,butnot
being well-pav’d, they are dufty, as are all the Cities of and which
is very offenlive in the Summer.
Before you come to the Bridg, you muft pafs through a large Suburb, call’d
trengabad, about a league in length; where live all the Merchants, the Brokers,
Handicraft-Erades, and ih general, all the meaner fort 1 of people ; The City
bung nil,abited only by ] perfons of Quality, Officers of the King’s Houfe,
niters of Juftice, and Officers of the Army. From ten or eleven in the
t’ 11 fo , ur or five in the evening, the Merchants, Brokers, and Work-
thev rpf*" mt0 t £ e . Clty t0 TT trad ® with the Foreign Merchants ; after which time
whirh r» Urn ? t , helr 2 wn P oures -. In the are Suburb two or three fair Mofmees,
inv-rrart™ 6 n-L 1 ’ 115 f or the Forreigners,befides feveral Pagods in the Neighbour-
cmda rtS- t hrough the fame Suburb lies the way to the Fortrefs of Gol-
Yoiurwiip ic' 50 ’’ n r< i ° Ver l 1 ! 2 Brid ?’ you en ter into a large Street, that leads
the Court- in §s Palace. On the right-hand are the Houfes of fome Lords of
and Lrcrn An. f0Ur or , five Inns two Stories-high i wherein there are fair Halls
laree pf Chambers to let in the frelh Air. At the end of this Street there is a
whtrmfv^ ’ • l,po ^ f hlch ftands ? ne of the fides of the Palace; in the middle
Five Audi P n reiSa ? a ^ 0ny ,’ w herein the King comes to fit, when he pleafes to
W/w “ he P K e0ple ’ The gr ? at Gate of the PaIace ftands not u P°n this
’ 1 u P on another very neer adjoyning; and you enter firft into a large
Court