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10 EARLY TRAVELS iN INDIA way Lu ft’noa. Ti)rtk* wd AtL*bifl and man L1ICIICC doe gcm earovans for thew and uUzer pLatrs. litre are rent Mere f i4iatuais, wl,acjL coav fnm Anne’ila duwac the river of Tygrbt Tbvy art bmllijht IIIX4fl tnfttk% inutk of goatts HkiIlIWI blowne full at wnirle and lxjrdcs layiie upon tiWnL and thereupon they lade their gucab. which ant brought dune Lu Ththylon; which hein discharged, they open their skhme?, anti catty them backe by e1%rneis tu senru another time. Babyhin La times paM did beluig to the kingdome of Pt&u, but nowe is subject to the Turke. (M•r agaiu±-t Babylon there is a very fahv village, [ruin wheiwe you passe to Ubylca upon a long bridge made of bunts, and tyrd to a gnst ebtine of yron1 which to nn4c fast on rithet tilde of the rivtr. When any btqttes are Lu pxtsso up or dowiw the rivet, they tukt away eertaiiie of the lxKlte$ ‘sutill they be r’a4. The Tower of Babel I is built on this täihr tim river Tygri& wwan1ei Arabia frrn the towiw about seven or Wht aides; which tower Is nrhiawL oti all sitles, and WLh the fall thereof Iath nLuIe Jfl it wcre a hilt h2olrnttthw, so hiwL it hat Ii no shape at alt. I was made nf brlekec ilded in the Punflc. and certame eait and leaves of Lhe paline tree laytil betwixt the l#lekeo. There is co elitr-4riix to be stone to guy into It. It duth stutid upon a great plaice betwbct the riveri of Kuphrutes and Tygrls. By the river ICiqilirntvo two dayes 2ounicy [nan Babylon, at a pIsn eiilled Alt flit], in a ildile iieen unto it, Is a sLrunje hung to see—a izuuuth that duthi voIiLmu4Ihy Lluruwe fourth aguiat the I1ftr beyliug pitdu with a filthy smoke ; which pitch lath ninny ulnwd into a great Mdc which is aiwnycs (Lull thereof. The Moorcs say that it is tlw mouth of hell. By reason of the great qutulititie of it the men of that countrey due pitch their buntet Iwo or three incin tlilcke on the out sde, So that rnj water dolh enter into llwun. Their kinks be callat Dsuiec jdauiakj. When there is great store of water in Tgi-is, you may grx froiu, Babylon to Ilasorza Lu S or 2dayes!, if there ht’ suntill tw-e, it will east you the iuuorc thycs. Rusoni iii tiriun post was imdrr the Arabians, hat now i ibja ii the ¶l’urhe. But seine of them the Turke L’ilnnot The tmfersiut’q, ii ivldcnl.ly to tli, ruined tower &4 sii4LItCd In thw khlsezl. i,vut nine ,nj1,y west o B&uh,