Journey From Surat To The Court Of The Mogul, And Entertainment
There, With Some Account Of The Customs Of The Country.
I landed at Surat on the 26th September, 1615, and was received in an
open tent by the chief officers of the town, well attended.
On this
occasion I was accompanied by the general, and principal merchants,
Captain Harris being sent to make me a court of guard with an hundred
shot, and the ships, all dressed out to the best advantage, saluted me
with their ordnance as I passed. There was much controversy about
searching my servants, but at length they passed free to the city, where
we had a house provided for us. We continued there to the 30th October,
suffering much vexation from the governor, who forcibly caused search
many of our chests and trunks, taking away what he thought fit.
The 30th October I departed from Surat, and that day travelled only four
coss to Sumaria.[188] The 1st November I went eleven miles to a
village. The 2d, to Biarat, twenty-one miles, where there is a castle,
this town being on the borders of the kingdom of Guzerat, subject to the
Mogul, and belonging to Abraham Khan. The 3d I entered the kingdom of
Pardaff shah,[189] a pagan lord of the hills, who is subject to
nobody; and at the end of fifteen miles we lodged in the fields, beside
a city of note, called Mugher. The 4th we travelled nine miles by a
rocky way, and lay in the fields, beside a village called Narampore.
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