The 28th November, we received intelligence at Ahmedabad, that three English ships had arrived at _Larry Bunder_, the port town of _Guta-Negar-Tutla_, [Tatta] the chief city of _Sindy_. I was sent thither, and came on the 13th December to _Cassumparo_, where I overtook a cafilla or caravan travelling to _Rahdunpoor_, six days journey on my way. We went thence to _Callitalouny_, a fair castle; thence seven c. to _Callwalla_, a pretty village, given by the emperor Akbar to a company of women and their posterity for ever, to bring up their children in dancing and music. They exhibited their talents to our caravan, and every man made them some present, and then they openly asked if any of us wanted bedfellows. On the 16th we went eight _coss_ to _Cartya_, where is a well-garrisoned fortress. We remained here till the 18th, waiting for another caravan for fear of thieves, and then went to _Deccanaura_,[99] on which day our camel was stolen and one of our men was slain. The 19th we travelled ten c. to _Bollodo_, a fort held by _Newlock Abram Cabrate_ for the Mogul, and who that day brought in 169 heads of the Coolies, a plundering tribe. The 20th in thirteen c. we came to a fort named _Sariandgo_, and the 21st in ten c. we arrived at _Rhadunpoor_, a large town with a fort. We remained here till the 23d, to provide water and other necessaries for our journey through the desert. [Footnote 99: It singularly happens, in the excellent map of Hindoostan by Arrowsmith, that none of the stages between Ahmedabad and Rahdunpoor are laid down, unless possibly _Decabarah_ of the map may be _Decanauru_ of the text; while Mr Arrowsmith actually inserts on his map the route of Whittington across the sandy desert of Cutch, between Rahdunpoor and the eastern branch of the Indus, or _Nulla Sunkra_, and thence through the Delta to Tatta.--E.]