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through Divers Climates, 55
sia; and thence they were carried over-land .to Scanderbon, Aleppo* Chap. VI.
or Consiantitiople, unto the Hands of the ■Venetians, srom whom we l-^v^-'
were Jerved with them ; and by that means they gained for them-
ielves the Power and Greatness of their State.
Since by the Prosperous Attempts of the Portugals about the Cape
os good Hope, we are taught to bring them home at a cheaper Rate,
whereby these Indian Hugsters begin to decline.
For a long time the Tortugals kept in with Calicut, and drew a
great resort hither, as well over-land as by Sea J till the Zamerhm,
not brooking them as Inmates, ruined their Fortifications, (which °c-
casioned their remove to Goa ), and with them the Fame of Calicut.
Their Coin admits no Copper; Silver Tarn, iS of which make a Coins.
Fanam, p.a ssing in Head thereof.
They have yet a correspondence with Persia, as may appear by
their Absees, a Sixteen penny piece of Silver, current among them.
Their Trade in common with India is mostly for Beetle Nuts, and
Cocoe Nuts, sor Oyl, which latter they dunging with (Bubsbo) Fish,
the Land-Breezes brought a poysonous Smell on board Ship caused
by their putrisying.
Breaking ground hence, the Mountains were grown to that shetig^c
height, that they seemed to be the Partition Walls betwixt this aseent.ost^
World and the Sphere of Fire; for the Sun was a long while after s™J°H,the
he .had gilded the Canopy of Heaven, before he could drive his
Steeds over those Olympick Towers with his blazing Orb: Which I
take notice of, bccausetheSunand Stars ascend the Horizon to the
Meridian directly in the Torrid Zone, and so descend ■ whereby there
is little or no Twilight, as there is nearer the Poles, where they as-
cend and descend more obliquely.
At bangalore the Dutch have a Fort, and 6 Miles to the sorth the
French have a Flag flying; within a Leagae ofs which a Grey
R'ock extols its hoary Head eight Fathom above Water, navigable
on all sides, justly called by us Sacrisice Ijland• in remembrance of Several psa&g
a bloody Butchery on some Englijh by the Pirate Malahars, who QrsstuaUb"
are the worst Pickeroons on this Coast, going in Fleets, and are see boim siwpi
out by the Great Men aihore; the Chief ol whom lives at Burma- mil
.patan, where we took in fuller and larger Pepper than any yet:
They are flronger here in Shipping than the rest; they housing se-
veral Jmks of Burthen, drawn up on the Banks of the River, not yet
lanched since the Rains; which they always do when they setin,
keeping them dry all the Winter with the Thatch of Cajans.
Parting from "hence, the Mountains above, and the Valleys below
were covered with Woods, only now and then Hills of Red Earth
were interspersed (which our Dawbersuse sor Painting) that held
on their pace till we were up with Canamore, another Fortress of the
Dutch .■ From whence they spake Defiance by ipending three Shots-
unregarded by us.
From Durmapatami five Leagues North, lies Phalapato.fi>, where I Phikiiutl:
took Boat, and sailed up the River with the Lascars, or Sea-men of
the Country; of whom I ihall say no more at present, than, that
they are a ihame to our Sailors, who can hardly ever work without
horrid Oaths and hideous Curling and Imprecations; and these Moor-
me$t
sia; and thence they were carried over-land .to Scanderbon, Aleppo* Chap. VI.
or Consiantitiople, unto the Hands of the ■Venetians, srom whom we l-^v^-'
were Jerved with them ; and by that means they gained for them-
ielves the Power and Greatness of their State.
Since by the Prosperous Attempts of the Portugals about the Cape
os good Hope, we are taught to bring them home at a cheaper Rate,
whereby these Indian Hugsters begin to decline.
For a long time the Tortugals kept in with Calicut, and drew a
great resort hither, as well over-land as by Sea J till the Zamerhm,
not brooking them as Inmates, ruined their Fortifications, (which °c-
casioned their remove to Goa ), and with them the Fame of Calicut.
Their Coin admits no Copper; Silver Tarn, iS of which make a Coins.
Fanam, p.a ssing in Head thereof.
They have yet a correspondence with Persia, as may appear by
their Absees, a Sixteen penny piece of Silver, current among them.
Their Trade in common with India is mostly for Beetle Nuts, and
Cocoe Nuts, sor Oyl, which latter they dunging with (Bubsbo) Fish,
the Land-Breezes brought a poysonous Smell on board Ship caused
by their putrisying.
Breaking ground hence, the Mountains were grown to that shetig^c
height, that they seemed to be the Partition Walls betwixt this aseent.ost^
World and the Sphere of Fire; for the Sun was a long while after s™J°H,the
he .had gilded the Canopy of Heaven, before he could drive his
Steeds over those Olympick Towers with his blazing Orb: Which I
take notice of, bccausetheSunand Stars ascend the Horizon to the
Meridian directly in the Torrid Zone, and so descend ■ whereby there
is little or no Twilight, as there is nearer the Poles, where they as-
cend and descend more obliquely.
At bangalore the Dutch have a Fort, and 6 Miles to the sorth the
French have a Flag flying; within a Leagae ofs which a Grey
R'ock extols its hoary Head eight Fathom above Water, navigable
on all sides, justly called by us Sacrisice Ijland• in remembrance of Several psa&g
a bloody Butchery on some Englijh by the Pirate Malahars, who QrsstuaUb"
are the worst Pickeroons on this Coast, going in Fleets, and are see boim siwpi
out by the Great Men aihore; the Chief ol whom lives at Burma- mil
.patan, where we took in fuller and larger Pepper than any yet:
They are flronger here in Shipping than the rest; they housing se-
veral Jmks of Burthen, drawn up on the Banks of the River, not yet
lanched since the Rains; which they always do when they setin,
keeping them dry all the Winter with the Thatch of Cajans.
Parting from "hence, the Mountains above, and the Valleys below
were covered with Woods, only now and then Hills of Red Earth
were interspersed (which our Dawbersuse sor Painting) that held
on their pace till we were up with Canamore, another Fortress of the
Dutch .■ From whence they spake Defiance by ipending three Shots-
unregarded by us.
From Durmapatami five Leagues North, lies Phalapato.fi>, where I Phikiiutl:
took Boat, and sailed up the River with the Lascars, or Sea-men of
the Country; of whom I ihall say no more at present, than, that
they are a ihame to our Sailors, who can hardly ever work without
horrid Oaths and hideous Curling and Imprecations; and these Moor-
me$t