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ration of Vipers that welldeserve to be (tiled 10, knowing when the Chap. [V.
■Charmer charms wisely. -, "-TAj
Fowls of all sort belonging to India are plenty, but chic-fly tame Fowl*.
Geese.
Fissies in abundance, from whence the Town derives its Etymo- Fistes.
logy, Mecblapatan signisytng the Fiu*i-Tow.n.
For Corn, they have Rice the Staff*of the Land, seme Wheat. Com.
Fruits to variety. Fruit5]
TJIe Water they drink they dig for; not that they are without The Wjiw
River, but they are brackish: It lies in 1 5- deg. North Lat. 40 min. and Auiwi.
From the Lizzardt}6 deg. E.ist. By reasonof the Multitude os Pec-
pie and ill Site it is unhealthy; though it agree with the Natives,
who live to a good Old Age.
The Englissj for that eause, only at the time of (hipping, remove
to Medapo!lon7 where they have a wholsqme Seat Forty Miles more
North.
Rain they have none srom Novemler to May, all which time the R3"> when it-
Land-Breezes (which blow one half the dayfoff the Sea, but faint- intai"""**
ly the other) torment them with a suffocating Heat; so that the
Birdsof the Air as they ssy, often drop down dead, the Wind co-
ming as hot as the Steam srom an Oven, by the reflecting of the
Sun upon the Sands, which are hurled about the Marines. When
they feel themselves sreest srom Sickness, though all Perspiration
through the Pores by Sweat is dried up: From the beginning os
May they are refreshed with cooling Showers, which at length with
th&overssowing Sea cauie an Inundation ; in which space, the Air
growing foggy ,Empyema's and Fluxes are rifest; andSwarms of Ants,
Muskeetoes, Flier, and siinking Chints, Cimhes. &c. breed and infess;
them: This Season we experimented ; which though moderately
warm, yet our Bodies broke out into small fiery Pimples ( a sign of
a prevailingCrasts') augmented by Muskeetoe-Qite$} and Chinees rat-
sing Blisters on us.
To arm themselves againil this Plague, rhose that live here have
fine Calicut-Lawn thrown over their Bed?, which though white as
Snow when put on, mall be in an hour besmea/d all over, which
might be tolerable, did not their daring Buzzes continually alarm,
and sometimes more sensibiv provoke, though cloath'd with long
Breeches to their Toes, and Mufssers on their Hands and Face, and
a Servant to keep them from them with a Fan, without which there
is no deeping.
Notwithstanding these provisions, yet there is another Insect more
disturbing than these, and not to be escaped but by this Device, and
that is the Ant, which creeps up to all their Quarters, and between
their Beds, if the Bed-Posts were not set in Pans of Water to hin-
der their Progress. Chinees flick among the Cotton, and in rotters
Posts, whose bitin'gs wheal most sadly, and if they strive to take a
Revenge for that abuse, and chance to squeeze them, they leave a
stink enough 10 choak them.
The Air so bad here, that it agrees with ?c\v new Comers ; The AirW-
removing Three Miles up the Countrey 'it is an insallible c0"£Creyh0
Cure for the Diseases of this place, provided it be done in time :
F 1. Where
ration of Vipers that welldeserve to be (tiled 10, knowing when the Chap. [V.
■Charmer charms wisely. -, "-TAj
Fowls of all sort belonging to India are plenty, but chic-fly tame Fowl*.
Geese.
Fissies in abundance, from whence the Town derives its Etymo- Fistes.
logy, Mecblapatan signisytng the Fiu*i-Tow.n.
For Corn, they have Rice the Staff*of the Land, seme Wheat. Com.
Fruits to variety. Fruit5]
TJIe Water they drink they dig for; not that they are without The Wjiw
River, but they are brackish: It lies in 1 5- deg. North Lat. 40 min. and Auiwi.
From the Lizzardt}6 deg. E.ist. By reasonof the Multitude os Pec-
pie and ill Site it is unhealthy; though it agree with the Natives,
who live to a good Old Age.
The Englissj for that eause, only at the time of (hipping, remove
to Medapo!lon7 where they have a wholsqme Seat Forty Miles more
North.
Rain they have none srom Novemler to May, all which time the R3"> when it-
Land-Breezes (which blow one half the dayfoff the Sea, but faint- intai"""**
ly the other) torment them with a suffocating Heat; so that the
Birdsof the Air as they ssy, often drop down dead, the Wind co-
ming as hot as the Steam srom an Oven, by the reflecting of the
Sun upon the Sands, which are hurled about the Marines. When
they feel themselves sreest srom Sickness, though all Perspiration
through the Pores by Sweat is dried up: From the beginning os
May they are refreshed with cooling Showers, which at length with
th&overssowing Sea cauie an Inundation ; in which space, the Air
growing foggy ,Empyema's and Fluxes are rifest; andSwarms of Ants,
Muskeetoes, Flier, and siinking Chints, Cimhes. &c. breed and infess;
them: This Season we experimented ; which though moderately
warm, yet our Bodies broke out into small fiery Pimples ( a sign of
a prevailingCrasts') augmented by Muskeetoe-Qite$} and Chinees rat-
sing Blisters on us.
To arm themselves againil this Plague, rhose that live here have
fine Calicut-Lawn thrown over their Bed?, which though white as
Snow when put on, mall be in an hour besmea/d all over, which
might be tolerable, did not their daring Buzzes continually alarm,
and sometimes more sensibiv provoke, though cloath'd with long
Breeches to their Toes, and Mufssers on their Hands and Face, and
a Servant to keep them from them with a Fan, without which there
is no deeping.
Notwithstanding these provisions, yet there is another Insect more
disturbing than these, and not to be escaped but by this Device, and
that is the Ant, which creeps up to all their Quarters, and between
their Beds, if the Bed-Posts were not set in Pans of Water to hin-
der their Progress. Chinees flick among the Cotton, and in rotters
Posts, whose bitin'gs wheal most sadly, and if they strive to take a
Revenge for that abuse, and chance to squeeze them, they leave a
stink enough 10 choak them.
The Air so bad here, that it agrees with ?c\v new Comers ; The AirW-
removing Three Miles up the Countrey 'it is an insallible c0"£Creyh0
Cure for the Diseases of this place, provided it be done in time :
F 1. Where