Travels in India (Tavernier) 10.8

10.8

Before proceeding further, it should be remarked that throughout, wherever the word sera occurs, it means that it is a great enclosure of walls or hedges, within which are arranged all round 50 or 60 huts covered with thatch. There are some men and women there who sell flour, rice, butter, and vegetables, and who take care to prepare bread and cook rice. If by chance any Muhammadan should come there, he goes to the village to seek for a piece of mutton or a fowl, and those who supply the food to the traveller clean out for him the house that he wishes to take, and place in it a small bed of girths, upon which he spreads the mattress that he carries on the road. From Piombi-sera to Pander (Mandwa) . 3 coss. From Pander to Balki-sera (Balwārā ?) . 6 coss. Balki-serā to Nevelki-sera (?) . 5 Nevelki-sera to Cousemba (?) . 5 Cousemba to Chenipour (Chainpur) 3 Chenipour to Charoua (Charwā) . 8 Charoua to Bich-ola (Bicholā) . 8 Bich-ola to Andy (Hindiā) . . 4 At Hindiā you cross a river which discharges itself into the Ganges between Benares and Patna. From Andy to Onquenas (?) . . . 4 coss. Onquenas to Tiquery (?) . . 5 Tiquery to Toolmeden (?) . . 4 Toolmeden to Nova-sera (?) . . 4 Nova-sera to Ichavour (Ichāwar). 4 Ichavour to Signor (Sehore) . 5 Signor to Chekaipour (Sheikhpurā) 3 Chekaipour to Dour-ay (Durāhā) . 3 Dour-ay to Ater-kaira (Hatiākherā) 3 Ater-kaira to Telor (Dilod) . 4