that there were great expectations in England of the large accounts he fhould give of his travels after his return home; and that he was now shortly t leave us, and he being at pretent not very well, if he should die in the way toward Surat, whither he was now intended to go, (which place he had not as yet fen) he might be buried in obfcurity, and none of his friends ever know what became of him, he travelling now, as he usually did, alone Upon which my Lord willed him to ftay longer with us, but he thankfully refused that offer, and turned his fice presently after tow ids Surat, whi. h was then about three hondred miles diftant from us, and he lived to come tafely thither; but there being overLinly uted i y fome of the English who gave him Sack, which they had brought from England, he calli. g for it as foon as he heard of it, and crying, "Sack, Sack, is there any fuch thing as Suck? I pray you give me fome Sack;" and drinking of it, though i conceive moderately, (for he was a very temperate man) it increated his Flux which he had then upon him and this caufed him within a few days after his.ver, tedious and troubletome travels, (for he went most on foot) at this place to come to his journies end; for here he overtook Death in the month of December, 1617, and ws buried (as aforefaid). under a little monument, like one of thofe are ufually made in our Church-yards: On which he should have been remembered by this or the like Epitaph, if it could have been there engraved upon his Tomb. Here lies the Wanderer of his age, Not out of need, but choice, He spent full many precious days, To wafte bis life in feeing; More thought to jpend, to gain him Praife. Some weaknefes appear'd his ftains: Some yet are otherwife. Good gold may be allow'd its grains. Many the places which he ey'd; His eye had not been fatisfy'd. To fill it when be found no room, Fell blinded in this narrow Tomb. Sic exit Coryatus: Hence he went off the stage, and fo must all after him, how long foever their parts feem to be: For if one fhould go to the extremeft part of the world Eaft, another Weft, another North, and a nother nother South, they must all meet at laft together in the Field of Bones, wherein our Traveller hath now taken up his lodging, and where I leave him. And fhall now proceed to give an account of what I have undertaken and do principally intend in the description of the large territories under the fubjection of the Great Mogul. Which following difcourse (that I may put it into, and after continue it in fome due order) I shall digest into feveral parts, or sections: As, SECTION I. Of the feveral Provinces, the chief Cities, the principal Rivers, the Extent of this vaft Empire in its Length and Breadth. T HE moft fpacious monarchy under the fubjection of the Great Mogul, divides itself into thirty-feven feveral and large provinces, which antiently were particular kingdoms, whose true names (which we there had out of the Mogul's own records) with their principal cities and rivers, their fituation and borders, their extent in length and breadth, I fhall first set down very briefly, beginning at the north-weft. Yet as I name these feveral provinces, I fhall by the way take notice of fome particulars in them which are most remarkable. 1. Candahore, the chief city fo called; it lies from the heart of the Mogul's territories north north-west; it confines with the King of Perfia, and was antiently a province belonging to bim. 2. Cabut, the chief city fo called, the extremeft part north of this Emperor's dominions; it confineth with Tartaria; the river Nilob hath its beginning in it, whofe current is foutherly, 'till it difchargeth itself into Indus. 3. Multan, the chief city fo called; it lieth fouth from Cabut and Candahore, and to the weft joins with Perfia. This province is fam'd for manyexcellent bows and arrows made in it: The bows made of horn, excellently glued and put together; the arrows of small canes or reeds, both of them curiously set off by rich paint and varnish: They which are made here, are more neat and good than in any part of Eaft-India befides. 4. Haiacan, the province of the Baloches, who are a very stout and warlike people, that dare fight. I infert this, because there are infinite multitudes of people in the Mogul's territories, who appear as likely as thefe, but fo low-fpirited, (as I fhall after observe) that they dare not fight. This province hath no renowned city. The famous river Indus (called by the inhabitants Skind) borders it on the east; and Lar, a province belonging to the King of Perfia, meets it on the weft. 5. Buckor, the chief city called BuckorSuccor; that famous river Indus makes its way through it, and greatly enricheth it. 6. Tatia, 6. Tatia, the chief city fo called; the ri ver Indus makes many iflan is in it exceeding fruitful and pleafant; the main current whereof meets with the fea at Sundee, a place very famous for many curious handicrafts. 7. Soret, the chief city is called Janagar ; it is but a little province, yet very rich, it lies upon Guzarat; it hath the ocean to the fouth. 8. Jeffelmure, the chief city fo called; it joineth with Soret; but Buckor and latta lie to the west thereof. 9. Attack, the chief city fo called; it lieth on the east fide of Indus, which parts it from Haiacan. 10. Peniab, which fignifieth five waters, because it is feated amongst five rivers, all tributaries to Indus; which, fomewhat fouth of Lahore, made but one current: It is a large province, and moft fruitful. Lahore is the chief city thereof, built very large, and abounds both in people and riches, one of the moft principal cities for trade in all India. 11. Chifhmere, the chief city called Siranakar; the river Bhat finds a way through it, though it be very mountainous, and fo creeps to the fea. 12. Banchifh, the chief city is called Bifhur; it lieth east, fomewhat foutherly from Chifhmeere, from which it is divided by the river Indus. 13. Jangfapore, the chief city fo called; it |