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lane, silks, cottons, &c, The people are ingenious, and lovets of science. The Cham of Tartary is the governor, and the relion is Idolatry.
Of INDIA.
This vast country comprehends all between Persia and China, viz. The Mogul's empire, and the two Peninsulas of India, the one within, and the other without the Ganges. The air in the Mogul's empire is cold, and the soil barren. Their commodities are aloes, musk, rhubarb, borax, silk and cotton, indigo, &c. The religion Paganism, the government arbitrary, and the Great Mogul is heir to every man's estate, which he disposes of at his pleasure; the throne he lies upon is the richest in the world. In the peninsula within the Ganges, the air is very hot, and the soil exceeding fruitful; and the longest day is thirteen hours and a half, and the shortest eleven and a half. The chief commodities are metals, silk, cotton, pearls, drugs, dates, corals, rice, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, cassia &c. The religion Manometism, the government various, and in some parts none at all—In the peninsula, beyond
