This Place Has A Castle, With A Garrison Of 200
Patan Horse, Who Are Good Soldiers.
The 22d to Curka, 12 c. a great
village with a river on its south side.
In the way between Carode and
Curka, or Kirkwah, is Beca, or Behara, a castle with a great tank and
a pleasant grove. 23d to Necampore, a large town under the
Pectopshaw, 10 c. In this way begins a great ridge of mountains on the
right hand,[234] reaching towards Ahmedabad, among which Badur occupies
several strong-holds, which all the force of the king of the Moguls has
not been able to reduce. These mountains extend to Boorhanpoor, and on
them breed many wild elephants. The 24th to Dayta, 8 c. a great town,
having to pass in the midway a troublesome stony rivulet. This town has
a castle, and is almost encompassed by a river, being situated in a
fertile soil. The 25th to Badur, 10 c. a filthy town full of thieves,
where is made a kind of wine of a sweet fruit called mewa, but I found
it unwholesome except it be burnt.
[Footnote 233: In this journal, conjectural emendations of names from
Arrowsmith's excellent map of India, are given in the text as synonima,
to avoid perpetual notes; and the distances are always to be understood
as cosses, given exactly as in the original, without correction. It
must, however, be noticed that the names in the text are often so
corrupt, or different from those now in use, that it is often impossible
to trace the route.
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