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through Divers Climates. aq
Making Land, we beheld it all a Flame, they burning their 'Stubble Chap. V
for Soilage, the Forerunner of the^nsuing Rain ; notwirhstandinga ^^Tvl*
Kingsisber-ssew aboard us with the flattering Coaks's of Halcyon £«2sta
days; but likean unskilsul Augur was deservedly reproached-with
the Ignorance of her own Destiny, to dye in Captivity ; which fatal
Necesilty made'her eletsi, rather than sufser with whole Flocks of
little Birds blown from the Main, who not able to ssem the boiste-
rousness of the Winds, were hurried thence to perish in the Sea.
And now we were begirt with Land: the Maldives Islands lying
South 5 Cape Cemsrin North and by Weft; the Malabar Islands Weft,
Q wliose Inhabitants have no relation with those on the Coast);
whence is brought great quantities of Ambergreece; Ceilon, &c.
The Land our Mastcr took for a Malabar Issand proved a mistake; Land-lockM
for by a strong Current we were lock'd in between the Issand Cetlcn, betwixt ce,kn
and the North Ball side of the Cape, within that desperate Canal and zheCj,P-
we before described. Our Error was first corrected by some Fishcr-
men busy a't their Nets, who brought aboard plenty of Fishes, all Strange co-
new to us, who never had seen such coloured ones, some gilded like l°«rd Essws.
Gold, others with Vermilion, varied byseveral Intermixtures.
Whilst we were lost in admiration, our Mates foundthemselves
no less at a loss in their accounts, when they understood they were.
drove^oLeaguestoLeewardof the Cape, by the broken Portuguese
spoken by these Men, and that we could not sail much farther than
ttttticaree, a PcrtugalTown in time of Yore, where they had a Cita-
del, and two famous Churches; and before us, which was the Lure,
a Ketch of the Dutch's ( which we chased for hopes of Prize) was
sailing to that Port, and presently after anchored: We were then in
(even Fathom Water.
This is the place where they drag Pearl.
AH along here the Top of Gates is seen above the Clouds, the The Moun:
Ground beneath it Fair, Low, and Sandy. taln <?*«*.
Ttittkareeis now in the hands of the Dutch, running the same wtjcmiout
R\(co-with Co/iimbo, over-against which it lies; we being how in the danger here.
very Jaws os our Enemies, might have here concluded our Voyage,
had their Fleet been nigh us.
The next day we were becalmed, and thereby carried into the
midst of the Stream; and although in the Afternoon we had an
humming Frisco, it ran with such Violence that we lost more than
« e gained : This Mislake cost us a Fortnights time before we could
compass the Cape, besides Fears and Jealousies both of our falling
into the Torrent, and our Enemies hands.
The Capelanches into theSea with Three Points, running into a
Campaign seve'ral Miles together, till it grows big with Mountains,
procreating their prodigious Race aco Leagues, severing the Coast
of Coromandel and Malabar^ Eaji and Weft j Latitude 3 deg. 50 mitf.
North; Longit. 96 deg. Bssi.
Caps
Making Land, we beheld it all a Flame, they burning their 'Stubble Chap. V
for Soilage, the Forerunner of the^nsuing Rain ; notwirhstandinga ^^Tvl*
Kingsisber-ssew aboard us with the flattering Coaks's of Halcyon £«2sta
days; but likean unskilsul Augur was deservedly reproached-with
the Ignorance of her own Destiny, to dye in Captivity ; which fatal
Necesilty made'her eletsi, rather than sufser with whole Flocks of
little Birds blown from the Main, who not able to ssem the boiste-
rousness of the Winds, were hurried thence to perish in the Sea.
And now we were begirt with Land: the Maldives Islands lying
South 5 Cape Cemsrin North and by Weft; the Malabar Islands Weft,
Q wliose Inhabitants have no relation with those on the Coast);
whence is brought great quantities of Ambergreece; Ceilon, &c.
The Land our Mastcr took for a Malabar Issand proved a mistake; Land-lockM
for by a strong Current we were lock'd in between the Issand Cetlcn, betwixt ce,kn
and the North Ball side of the Cape, within that desperate Canal and zheCj,P-
we before described. Our Error was first corrected by some Fishcr-
men busy a't their Nets, who brought aboard plenty of Fishes, all Strange co-
new to us, who never had seen such coloured ones, some gilded like l°«rd Essws.
Gold, others with Vermilion, varied byseveral Intermixtures.
Whilst we were lost in admiration, our Mates foundthemselves
no less at a loss in their accounts, when they understood they were.
drove^oLeaguestoLeewardof the Cape, by the broken Portuguese
spoken by these Men, and that we could not sail much farther than
ttttticaree, a PcrtugalTown in time of Yore, where they had a Cita-
del, and two famous Churches; and before us, which was the Lure,
a Ketch of the Dutch's ( which we chased for hopes of Prize) was
sailing to that Port, and presently after anchored: We were then in
(even Fathom Water.
This is the place where they drag Pearl.
AH along here the Top of Gates is seen above the Clouds, the The Moun:
Ground beneath it Fair, Low, and Sandy. taln <?*«*.
Ttittkareeis now in the hands of the Dutch, running the same wtjcmiout
R\(co-with Co/iimbo, over-against which it lies; we being how in the danger here.
very Jaws os our Enemies, might have here concluded our Voyage,
had their Fleet been nigh us.
The next day we were becalmed, and thereby carried into the
midst of the Stream; and although in the Afternoon we had an
humming Frisco, it ran with such Violence that we lost more than
« e gained : This Mislake cost us a Fortnights time before we could
compass the Cape, besides Fears and Jealousies both of our falling
into the Torrent, and our Enemies hands.
The Capelanches into theSea with Three Points, running into a
Campaign seve'ral Miles together, till it grows big with Mountains,
procreating their prodigious Race aco Leagues, severing the Coast
of Coromandel and Malabar^ Eaji and Weft j Latitude 3 deg. 50 mitf.
North; Longit. 96 deg. Bssi.
Caps