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and sourny into Duccan. 15 5
brands consuming them; which made us bethink of retiring, they Chap. V.
descending sometimes in Parties to Prey on Straglers, that often k-A"v-w
Troopers are sent home disrobed and dismounted, to be laught at for
their Misfortune.
Having tarried now till the Rains had made their first onset Four- mngmts, ano-
teen days together, with horrid Thunder ; at the end thereof 1 see ^»« Headmi
apart a day to take notice of the adjacent Rarities ; among which is ***''
a City called Dungeuess, of like Antiquity and Workmanihip, as
Camrein, cut out of aMountanous Rock, with a Temple and other
spacious Halls, by no means inferior to it both for Water and other
Refre/hments, and much more entire; Time having not dealt so
cruelly with it, but the Lines of its ruined Beauty are still legible,
though in old Characters j however it is lest a desolate Habitation
for Battsand Wasps; to disturb which it is dangerous, being over-
grown and desperately revengeful, following their Aggressors till
they have Whealed them into Contrition for their unadvised Provo-
cation : To be out of the Noise of these buzzing Hornets, and to se-
cure our selves from the surprize of any disturbed Idolater , who
might bellow the report of our being here, we hasted to the safer
Plain, and ended the rest of the day in a pleasant Garden, on the
brink of the River which glides hence to Swat.
The Governor of the Gur hearing I was preparing for to return tjw ReqUest
to Bomhaim, requested before my departue to accept of my choice, of th= Gover-
either to ascend the Gur, or else to meet him at his Garden below, [^11^01*
being the prescribed Limits of his Walk: I signified my readiness to Asccn^
comply with the former, wherefore he sent Four fahnkeens, his
Kinsman, an Ingenuous Mogul, and his Brother to attend me.
We Travelled Two Miles before wecame to the Foot of it, where Tk Suburbs
is a Garison, or Fortified Town, wailed with strong Cheches, or asheiKrtothe
Watches, and a Troop of Five hundred Horse, and as many Camels °*
of War; here are great Stacks of Hay and Corn, all their Droves of
Beasts being sheltered here anights. Seva Gihas distressed this often,
and put them to the rout; but that, whose Top we are endeavouring
to gain, is inaccessible, unless by Seven winding Gates, which are ve-
ry strong, and able to clear one another as they rise, the Way being
lined with Murtherers, and they themselvcs defended with good
Pieces of Ordnance: The last is a Piece of excellent Work and
Strength, and the place filled with Soldiers.
Hence it is painsul Riding, and requires a strong Back to keep TheHiHsn-
State in a Talenkeen, it being carried almost bolt upright, over £ysKS
slippery Marble steps, cut out of the mining Rock, as smaoth as Gates,
Glass, and ressecting the Sun-beams as much: After we had mounted
near an Hundred Stairs, we were received into the Neck of the
Castle, which is collared about with a Wall, rather to keep them
from falling down, than needsul to prevent Assailantsj from whence
an easy Ascent leadsio a Level, which is the Circus to train the In-
santry; where are conspicuous Tombs of their former Kings, being
firmly Built, andaMosque of polished Marble, which on Festivals
only they repair unto: No Houses here are able to resist the Storms
of Wind, or the Sun's Heat, for which conveniency they have
made the Eastem side of the Hill most Inhabited, i; serving instead
of
brands consuming them; which made us bethink of retiring, they Chap. V.
descending sometimes in Parties to Prey on Straglers, that often k-A"v-w
Troopers are sent home disrobed and dismounted, to be laught at for
their Misfortune.
Having tarried now till the Rains had made their first onset Four- mngmts, ano-
teen days together, with horrid Thunder ; at the end thereof 1 see ^»« Headmi
apart a day to take notice of the adjacent Rarities ; among which is ***''
a City called Dungeuess, of like Antiquity and Workmanihip, as
Camrein, cut out of aMountanous Rock, with a Temple and other
spacious Halls, by no means inferior to it both for Water and other
Refre/hments, and much more entire; Time having not dealt so
cruelly with it, but the Lines of its ruined Beauty are still legible,
though in old Characters j however it is lest a desolate Habitation
for Battsand Wasps; to disturb which it is dangerous, being over-
grown and desperately revengeful, following their Aggressors till
they have Whealed them into Contrition for their unadvised Provo-
cation : To be out of the Noise of these buzzing Hornets, and to se-
cure our selves from the surprize of any disturbed Idolater , who
might bellow the report of our being here, we hasted to the safer
Plain, and ended the rest of the day in a pleasant Garden, on the
brink of the River which glides hence to Swat.
The Governor of the Gur hearing I was preparing for to return tjw ReqUest
to Bomhaim, requested before my departue to accept of my choice, of th= Gover-
either to ascend the Gur, or else to meet him at his Garden below, [^11^01*
being the prescribed Limits of his Walk: I signified my readiness to Asccn^
comply with the former, wherefore he sent Four fahnkeens, his
Kinsman, an Ingenuous Mogul, and his Brother to attend me.
We Travelled Two Miles before wecame to the Foot of it, where Tk Suburbs
is a Garison, or Fortified Town, wailed with strong Cheches, or asheiKrtothe
Watches, and a Troop of Five hundred Horse, and as many Camels °*
of War; here are great Stacks of Hay and Corn, all their Droves of
Beasts being sheltered here anights. Seva Gihas distressed this often,
and put them to the rout; but that, whose Top we are endeavouring
to gain, is inaccessible, unless by Seven winding Gates, which are ve-
ry strong, and able to clear one another as they rise, the Way being
lined with Murtherers, and they themselvcs defended with good
Pieces of Ordnance: The last is a Piece of excellent Work and
Strength, and the place filled with Soldiers.
Hence it is painsul Riding, and requires a strong Back to keep TheHiHsn-
State in a Talenkeen, it being carried almost bolt upright, over £ysKS
slippery Marble steps, cut out of the mining Rock, as smaoth as Gates,
Glass, and ressecting the Sun-beams as much: After we had mounted
near an Hundred Stairs, we were received into the Neck of the
Castle, which is collared about with a Wall, rather to keep them
from falling down, than needsul to prevent Assailantsj from whence
an easy Ascent leadsio a Level, which is the Circus to train the In-
santry; where are conspicuous Tombs of their former Kings, being
firmly Built, andaMosque of polished Marble, which on Festivals
only they repair unto: No Houses here are able to resist the Storms
of Wind, or the Sun's Heat, for which conveniency they have
made the Eastem side of the Hill most Inhabited, i; serving instead
of