Ill
DIARY—PATNA TO HUGLI
1670-1671
Hail, MS. 4254, fols. 16-18 (reverse).
17 September. At 5! clock morning went on
board the Dingee [dwgy>> small boat) skiff] [and]
departed from English Factory in Pattana, then
scituate neare Shasti Cauns [Shaistah Khan's] garden,
at North end of Pattana, Rowed with 10 oares and
steared with one man more, and then arrived at
Jaffer Cawns [Jafar Khan's] Garden, being the
South end of Pattana, where stayed untill 8J clock,
when parted with Mr, Elwes, Second of Pattana,1
At 8-| clock departed thence and went to Punpund
[Punpun], being upon Right hand about i Course ;
there dined, and at 11| clock went thence, and about
16 Course further came to a Barr [Barh]2 where is
on right hand a Milkees or Almesman's house,3 very
neat and handsome* From thence went 3 Course
further by Sunset, then supped, and after went 6 Course
further that night, our Course bein that day about
East 29 Course*
18 September. In the morning, f clock, rowed
thence, and when light, See Mungeer [Kharagpur]
Hills plane, bearing from East to South. At i clock
afternoon came to Mungeer .[Monghyr], being 16
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