Travels in India (Tavernier) 26.2

26.2

There are small chambers destined for poor travellers, and every day towards evening they receive a dole of bread, rice, or vegetables already cooked; and to the idolaters, who eat nothing which has been prepared by others, they give flour to make bread and a little butter, for, as soon as their bread is baked like a cake, they cover it on both sides with melted butter. From Tenara to Jatenagar (Hyatnagar) . 12 coss. ,, Jatenagar to Patengy (Puntangi) . 12 ,, ,, Patengy to Pengeul (Pungul) . 14 ,, ,, Pengeul to Nagelpar (Nagulpad) . 12 ,, ,, Nagelpar to Lakabaron (Lakkawurrum) 11 ,, ,, Lakabaron to Coulour or Gani (Kollur) (of which I shall speak in the account of the mines) . . . 11 ,, The greater part of the road from Lakkawurrum to Kollur, especially as you approach Kollur, is rocky, and in two or three places I was obliged to take my carriage to pieces ; this can be quickly done. Wherever there is a small quantity of good soil between the rocks you see cassia trees, (the cassia produced by them) being the best and most laxative in all India, this I know from the effect produced on my servants, who ate it as they walked along. There passes along the whole length of the town of Kollur a great river which flows into the Bay of Bengal near Masulipatam. From Coulour or Gani to Kah Kaly (Kakani) 12 coss. ,, Kah Kaly to Bezouar (Bezwada) . 6 „ Close to Bezouar you recross the river. From Bezouar to Vouchir (Weeyur) . . 4 ,, ,, Vouchir to Nilimor (?) . . . 4 ,,