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278 TROUBLES AND PASSAGES OF A CAPHILA [REL. XVII
followed aboundance of rayne, which lasted all the after-
noone. Wee departed thence about one a Clock afternoone
(the rayne continueinge) and came to Neembera aforesaid,
The Cammells not being able to lade by reason of the
fowle weather, one third part of the Carts being without
Covers and three quarters of the Cammells goods lyeinge
open in the feilds; but wee hoped it tooke noe hurt.
There wee found Backur Ckhaun [Bakir Khan] with a
small Laskarr [/ashhar, camp] bound for Ahmudavad
[Ahmadabad] appoynted Sehebsooba [Sahib-subah, Su-
bahdar] of Guzaratt [Gujarat].
The 2Jth February 1632/3. Heere the Ckhaun made
one dayes Moccame \inakam, halt] by reason of the raigne,
which about Noone powred downe in such manner that
the like hath seldome ben seene for the tyme. It came
with verie great haile and such a gust of winde that our
Tent or feild Coveringe did litle availe to keepe our
selves drye. This morninge the Cammells arrived, the
goods enduring this terrible shower with the rest in the
open feilds, the rayne still continueinge but not soe
violent.
The 2W1 February 1632/3. Wee came to Byana
[Bayana] in Company of Backur Ckaun [Bakir Khan],
whoe promised to protect and free us from paying Cus-
tomes on the way. Mr Fremlen had formerly agreed with
Adowyaes1 (I would it had held) for rupees 45 per Carte
and rupees gh per Cammell, to pay the Custome of the
goods from Agra to Ahmudavad, but on Confidence of
this occasion [relying on this opportunity] they were
dismissed. About i£ Course this side Byana one of our
Carts brake in Two and another laye in the river (occa-
sioned by rayne) hard by the Towne, where the goods lay
1 Adavi, addviyd, a contractor for customary payments en route
{add), a transport contractor. See English Factories, 1618—1623, for
further instances of the employment of this word.
followed aboundance of rayne, which lasted all the after-
noone. Wee departed thence about one a Clock afternoone
(the rayne continueinge) and came to Neembera aforesaid,
The Cammells not being able to lade by reason of the
fowle weather, one third part of the Carts being without
Covers and three quarters of the Cammells goods lyeinge
open in the feilds; but wee hoped it tooke noe hurt.
There wee found Backur Ckhaun [Bakir Khan] with a
small Laskarr [/ashhar, camp] bound for Ahmudavad
[Ahmadabad] appoynted Sehebsooba [Sahib-subah, Su-
bahdar] of Guzaratt [Gujarat].
The 2Jth February 1632/3. Heere the Ckhaun made
one dayes Moccame \inakam, halt] by reason of the raigne,
which about Noone powred downe in such manner that
the like hath seldome ben seene for the tyme. It came
with verie great haile and such a gust of winde that our
Tent or feild Coveringe did litle availe to keepe our
selves drye. This morninge the Cammells arrived, the
goods enduring this terrible shower with the rest in the
open feilds, the rayne still continueinge but not soe
violent.
The 2W1 February 1632/3. Wee came to Byana
[Bayana] in Company of Backur Ckaun [Bakir Khan],
whoe promised to protect and free us from paying Cus-
tomes on the way. Mr Fremlen had formerly agreed with
Adowyaes1 (I would it had held) for rupees 45 per Carte
and rupees gh per Cammell, to pay the Custome of the
goods from Agra to Ahmudavad, but on Confidence of
this occasion [relying on this opportunity] they were
dismissed. About i£ Course this side Byana one of our
Carts brake in Two and another laye in the river (occa-
sioned by rayne) hard by the Towne, where the goods lay
1 Adavi, addviyd, a contractor for customary payments en route
{add), a transport contractor. See English Factories, 1618—1623, for
further instances of the employment of this word.