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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[DECEMBER, 1903.
Fol. 57. As for theire Idolatrous way of worship, they Enjoy it as fully as in any Other place in y: Empire of the Grand Mogoll (or territories of Goloondah).
Not in Yule, but should have been, as the diamonds did not come from Golcondah, as above correctly explained.
GOMBROON. Fol. 93. att our arrivall in Gombroone. See Yule, s. v. Gombroon: the old name for Bandar 'Abbâs in the Persian Gulf.
GONG. Fol. 84. They Strike not with or Vpon a bell (for the Mahometans Vse none) but it is a round flatt of one foot and a balfe or two foot Over, (Some are very much larger).... it is hunge up by Stringe through a hole on one side thereof, Soe as to take it's free swinge and is called a Gonge : they Strike thereon with a Small Mallat of wood and yieldeth a most Excellent Sound and
Echo.
Fol. 134. beats y: Gunge for all people (that please) to buy our goods, before woh they dare not buy any.
Fol. 158. to See y! Gunge beaten round the Citty, wh a lowd and Severe Proclamation, Fol. 158. from China .... Gungs. See Yule, s. D. Gong.
GOOZERAT, FOL. 62. Hee Sent..... his youngest Son Morat Bakche into Guaratt.
Fol. 94. rupees ... Coyned in y: Mint at Dacca : & are of y: Same Value of those in Guzaratt or Golcondah.
Soo Yulo, & v. Goozerat, but his quotations stop at 1554.
GRAM.
Fol. 58. Very delicate good Land [Gingalee Coast] affordinge y! greatest plenty of Graine viz! ..... Severall sorts of gramme.
Fol. 61. [Bengals) affordinge great plenty of .... grammo. Fol. 163. if wee have a quantitio of course goods On board via!:.... gramme. See Yule, .. v. Gram, whose earliest quotation is 1702.
GUALA. Fol. 43. they are called Gualas and will carry one 40 miles p! diem w noe great difficulty.
Not in Yule. [The word in the text does not mean the well-known gwalla (gaválá) or cow keeper of Indian domestic economy, but the kávalan, or dooly-bearer, of the old days in Madras.]
GUDDORAH. Fol. 85. This towne [Metchlipatam is famous alsoe for a bridge ..... woh bridge reacheth from y! great gate of Metehlipatam over to Guddorah weh is one English mile in Jength and of a Considerable breadth, and is called by the Name of Guddorah bridge.
Fol. 39. Most Eminent Men that inhabit Metchlipatam and Guddorah are Mahometans.
Fol. 42. more memorable fight B: Edward Winter had w above 300 of them [Resbutes] Vpon Guddorah bridge when he and his Trumpeter cleared y way and drove Severall of them Over y bridge to y: Great Astonishment of all y: Natives and ffame of that wortby Knight,
Not in Yuje: but see Yule's quotation from Fryer, 1679, . v. Patna, where the place turns up as Gundore. It is practically part of the town of Masulipatam. Sir Edward Winter's exploit is pictured on his monument in Battersea Church.
(To be continued.)
