Within and around the city, are the tombs of twenty Patan kings, all very fair and stately.  All the kings of India are here crowned, otherwise they are held usurpers.  Delhi is situated in a fine plain; and about two coss from thence are the ruins of a hunting seat, or mole, built by Sultan Bemsa, a great Indian sovereign.  It still contains much curious stone-work; and above all the rest is seen a stone pillar, which, after passing through three several stories, rises twenty-four feet above them all, having on the top a globe, surmounted by a crescent.  It is said that this stone stands as much below in the earth as it rises above, and is placed below in water, being all one stone.  Some say Naserdengady, a Patan king, wanted to take it up, but was prevented by a multitude of scorpions.  It has inscriptions.[248] In divers parts of India the like are to be seen.

[Footnote 246:  It has not been deemed necessary to retain the itinerary of this journey, consisting of a long enumeration of the several stages and distances, the names of which are often unintelligible.  Any circumstances of importance are however retained.—­E.]

[Footnote 247:  There are said to be four Delhis within five coss.  The oldest was built by Rase; who, by advice of his magicians, tried the ground by driving an iron stake, which came up bloody, having wounded a snake.  This the ponde or magician said was a fortunate sign.  The last of this race was Rase Pethory; who, after seven times taking a Patan king, was at last by him taken and slain.  He began the Patan kingdom of Delhi.  The Patans came from the mountains between Candahar and Cabul.  The second Delhi was built by Togall Shah, a Patan king.  The third was of little note.  The fourth by Sher-shah-selim, and in it is the tomb of Humaion.—­Purchas.]

[Footnote 248:  Purchas alleges that these inscriptions are in Greek and Hebrew and that some affirm it was erected by Alexander the Great—­E.]

It is remarkable, that the quarries of India, and especially those near Futtipoor, are of such a nature that the rock may be cleft like logs, and sawn like planks of great length and breadth, so as to form the ceilings of rooms and the roofs of houses.  From this monument, which is two coss from Delhi, there is said to be a subterraneous passage all the way to Delhi castle.  This place is now all in ruins, and abounds in deer.  From Delhi, in nine stages, I reached Sirinam, or Sirhind, where is a fair tank with a pleasure-house in the middle, to which leads a stone bridge of fifteen arches.  From thence is a canal to a royal garden, at the distance of a coss, with a paved road forty feet broad, overshaded by trees on both sides.  This garden is square, each side a coss or more in length, enclosed with a brick wall, richly planted with all kinds of fruits and flowers, and was rented, as I was told, at 40,000 rupees.  It is crossed by two main walks forty