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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Title: 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.
Author: Fryer, John, d. 1733.
Publication: London :: Printed by R.R. for Ri. Chiswell ...,; 1698.
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CHAP. V.

Introduces me to the Nabob's Pre∣sence: My Business with him: A Prospect of the Country, &c.

THE Caun receives me publickly. Sycophants encouraged. Several manner of Addresses. The Castle not strong. Good Days consulted. Admit∣ted the Womens Quarters. What hapned while I was in the Haram. Scandal thrown upon the Women. Their Dress is Rich. A Conference about the Affairs of the English. Mischief done by Thun∣der. The Governor's Brother on the Hill descends for Cure. A Strumpet's Bene∣faction. The Emperor's Palace. The Fields no sooner sowed than set a-fire. Dungeness another Heathen Fane. The re∣quest of the Governor on the Hill, for my Ascent. The Hill inaccessible, but by Seven Gates. ••easted by the Governor's

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Order. None appear before Great Men without a Present. How strange our Arms and Apparel seem to them. Per∣mitted the Freedom of the Castle. A bold Attempt of Seva Gi's Men. Grana∣ries for Stores now, formerly Religious Cells. A Rajah slain, the occasion of a barbarous Funeral. Took leave of the Governor. This Gurr puts a stop to Seva Gi this way. Jeneah Gur the Birth-place of Seva Gi. The Moors touch'd with the Superstition of the Gentues. Of the Lus∣carry or Army. Its Appearance. The Discipline. The Commanders richly ac∣coutred. I take my leave of the Caun. False Musters the practice of India. The Government and Commodities. Return∣ed by Nunny Gaot. No Army likely to pass this way. Glistering Flies about a Tree scare the Coolies. Their Reflections on the Miseries of the People. Prodigi∣ous great Frogs. The Nure-Tree. Cruelty to their Beasts. Inhumanity to their Sick. The Moor-men Priests follow Trades. A pragmatical Portugueze hindred our em∣barking. A Bombaim Shebar carries us to Bombaim. What Europe Ships I found in the Road. The Conclusion.