was slain.  The 19th we travelled ten c. to Bollodo, a fort held by Newlock Abram Cabrate for the Mogul, and who that day brought in 169 heads of the Coolies, a plundering tribe.  The 20th in thirteen c. we came to a fort named Sariandgo, and the 21st in ten c. we arrived at Rhadunpoor, a large town with a fort.  We remained here till the 23d, to provide water and other necessaries for our journey through the desert.

[Footnote 99:  It singularly happens, in the excellent map of Hindoostan by Arrowsmith, that none of the stages between Ahmedabad and Rahdunpoor are laid down, unless possibly Decabarah of the map may be Decanauru of the text; while Mr Arrowsmith actually inserts on his map the route of Whittington across the sandy desert of Cutch, between Rahdunpoor and the eastern branch of the Indus, or Nulla Sunkra, and thence through the Delta to Tatta.—­E.]

The 23d, leaving Rhadunpoor, we travelled seven coss, and lay all night in the fields, having that day met a caravan coming from Tatta that had been plundered of every thing.  On the 24th I sent off one of my peons with a letter to Larry Bunder, who promised to be there in ten days, but I think he was slain by the way; we went twelve c. that day.  The 25th we travelled fourteen c. and lodged by a well, the water of which was so salt that our cattle would not drink it.  The 26th ten c. to such another well, where our camels took water, not having had any for three days.  The 27th after fourteen c. we lodged on the ground; and the 28th, in ten c. we came to a village called Negar Parkar.  In this desert we saw great numbers, of wild asses, red deer, foxes, and other wild animals.  We stopt all the 29th, and met another caravan, that had been robbed within two days journey of Tatta. Parkar pays tribute yearly to the Mogul; but all the people from thence to Inno, half a day’s journey from Tatta, acknowledge no king, but rob and spare at their pleasure.  When any of the Moguls come among them, they set their own houses on fire, and flee into the mountains; and as their houses are only built of straw and mortar, they are soon rebuilt.  They exact customs at their pleasure, and even guard passengers through the desert, not willing they should be robbed by any but themselves.  The 30th we left Parkar, and after travelling six coss, we lay at a tank or pond of fresh water.  The 31st we travelled eight c. and lay in the fields beside a brackish well.  The 1st January, 1614, we went ten c. to Burdiano, and though many were sick of this water, we had to provide ourselves with a supply for four days.  The 2d we travelled all night eighteen c.  The 3d, from afternoon till midnight, we went ten c.  The 4th twelve c.  This day I fell sick and vomited, owing to the bad water.  The 5th, after seven c. we came to three wells, two of them salt and one sweetish.  The 6th, having travelled ten c. we came to Nuraquimire, a pretty town, where our company from Rhadunpoor left us.  We who remained were two merchants and myself with five of their servants, four of mine, ten camels, and five camel-drivers.