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13 silks, cottons, &c, The people are ingenious, and lovers of science. The Cham of Tartary is the governor, and the relionreligion [sic] is Idolatry.

Of INDIA.

This vast country comprehends all between Persia and China, viz. The Mogul’s empire, and the two Peninsulas of India, the one within, and the other without the Ganges. The air in the Mogul’s empire is cold, and the soil barren. Their commodities are aloes, musk, rhubarb, borax, silk and cotton, indigo, & c. The religion Paganism, the government arbitrary, and the Great Mogul is heir to every man’s estate, which he disposes of at his pleasure; the throne he sits upon is the richest in the world. In the peninsula within the Ganges, the air is very hot, and the soil exceeding fruitful; and the longest day is thirteen hours and a half, and the shortest eleven and a half. The chief commodities are metals, silk, cotton, pearls, drugs, dates, corals, rice, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, cassia &c. The religion Mahometism, the government various, and in some parts none at allIn the peninsula, beyond