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 artifical estate of those countries ... / by John Fryer ... ; illustrated with maps, figures and useful tables.

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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 artifical estate of those countries ... / by John Fryer ... ; illustrated with maps, figures and useful tables.
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Fryer, John, d. 1733.
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London :: Printed by R.R. for Ri. Chiswell ...,
1698.
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CHAP. IV.
Brings me with a New Deputy-Governor from Surat to Bom∣baim, and sends me to the Mo∣gul's General at Jeneah.

CAptain Shaxton sent home. A Sea-Tortoise taken. The Fable of its having three Hearts, confuted. The Flesh restorative. Take Boat for Duccan. Land∣ing and Reception at Gulean. Set forward for Intwally. The Countrey all burnt and destroyed. Thence to Moorbar. For∣ced to keep Watch. The Guides lead us about. Come to Dehir, a garison'd Town of Seva Gi's, at the foot of the Gaot. Awaked a Fakier, drunk with Bang. Seva Gi's Horses kept here. His Forts all about. State of the Havaldar. Got clear of Dehir. A troublesome Passage over the Gaot. The Monkeys affrighted. Flurries from the Hill carry Men and Oxen down the Precipice. The height of the Moun∣tains. Alteration of Air on the Hills. Oppa-Gaot a starveling Town. We force our way. Our Escape to Aumbegaun; and Hardship of the Coolies. Our Entrance into Jeneah.

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