tiver Ganges, which is called by the inhabitants of Eaft-India, Ganga. 26. Bakar, the chief city called Bikaneer ; it lieth on the weft fide of the river Ganges. 27. Nagracot, the chief city fo called, in which there is a chapel most richly set forth, being ceiled and paved with plate of pure filver, most curiously imboffed over head in feveral figures, which they keep exceeding bright, by often rubbing and burnishing it; and all this cost those poor feduced Indians are at, to do honour to an idol they keep in that chapel. What charge can Heathenish idolators be content to bear for their gross idolatry ; nothing is too rich, too precious, or too dear for their idol. And what cost the superstitious Ifraelites were content to bear for their lewd devotion, we may further fee, Ex. 32, 2, they are ready to give their gold, not out of their purfes only, but from their cars too, to further their mif-devotion; moft willing they were to part with their jewels to their molten God. O how do these Heathens, and these Ifraelites, condemn thoufands, which call themselves Chriftians, who cannot abide to be at any cost for Religion! That service of God which is most cheap and chargeless, they like beft. Those I first named were ready to give freely to their false Gods, these to take all they can from their true God, being very prodigals for their lufts, and very niggards for their fouls. The idel thus kept in that fo richly adorned adorned chapel, they call Matta, and it is continually visited by thofe poor blinded Infidels, who, out of the officiousness of their devotion, cut off fome part of their tongues to offer unto it as a facrifice; which (they fay) grow out again as before: But in this I fhall leave my reader to a belief, as much fufpenfive as is my own in this particular. In this province likewife there is another famous pilgrimage to a place called Jallamakee, where, out of cold fprings that iffue out from amongst hard rocks, are daily to be feen continued eruptions of fire, before which the idolatrous people fall down and worship. Both these places were feen, and ftrictly obferved by Mr. Coryate. 28. Siba, the chief city is called Hardware, where the famous river Ganges paffing through or amongst large rocks, makes prefently after a pretty full current; but both this and that other great river Indus have their rife and original out of the mountain Caucafus, from whence they both firft iffue. That principal rock, through which this river Ganges there makes a current, is indeed, or (if not) according to the fancy of the fuperftitious Indians, like a Cow's head, which of all fenfible creatures they love beft (of which more hereafter); thither they affemble themselves daily in troops to wash their bodies, afcribing a certain divinity to waters, but more efpecially to the water in the river Ganges. And G 2 thither thither our famous Coryate went likewise to view this place. 29. Kakares, the principal cities are called Dekalee and Purhola; it is a large province, but exceeding mountainous; divided it is from Tartaria by the mountain Caucasus; it is the extremeft part north under the Mogul's subjection. 30. Gor, the chief city so called; it is full of mountains; the river Serfily, a tributary unto Ganges, hath its beginning in it. 31. Pitan, the chief city fo called; the river Canda waters it, and falls into Ganges in the confines thereof. 32. Kanduana, the chief city is called Karhakatenka; the river Serfily parts it from Pitan: This and Gor are the north-eaft bounds of this monarchy. 33. Patna, the chief city fo called; the river Ganges bounds it on the weft, Serfily on the caft; it is a very fertile province. 34. Jefuat, the chief city is called Raiapore; it lieth east of Patna. 35. Mevat, the chief city is called Narnol; it is very mountainous. 36. Udeffa, the chief city called Jekanat; it is the most remote part east of this empire. 37. Bengala, a moft fpacious and fruitful province, but more properly to be called a kingdom, which hath two very large provinces within it, Purb and Patan, the one lying on the east, the other on the weft fide of the ri |