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A Twelve Month's Voyage
Letter I. Onset, all of Black Stone, yet somewhat undermined by the .beating
-'•"v^-' of the Sea, where it works its self into aSyrtes; on the other side
of which the Fragments of the Town are iheltcr'd. At my Land-
ing, one of their Princes was the first that welcomed me alhorc,
( who here as well as in Italy scorn not to be Merchants ); he was
seated under a ihady Tree, on a Carpet spread upon the Sand, and
his Retinue standing about him; he it seems was expecting the Pro-
tector of Canara (the Raja being in Minority ), who came anon,
with his Lords and Guards, armed with-Swords and Gantlets,
Partizans adorned with Bells and Feathers, as also were the Horses
that carried his Lufcarry or Army, with such Trappings as our sined;
Team-Horses in England wear.
His cbstrepo- He ventured osFto Sea to see our Ships; he was rowed by a Gang
rousMtiikk. 0f j^ in a great deal of Pomp; his Musick was loud, and with the
Kettle-drums made a Noise not unlike that our Coopers make on their
Hogsheads driving home their Hoops: He went aboard two or
three Ships, who entertained him with their Guns and Chcars of
their Men, presenting him with Scarlet Qoath. He is a Gemils, as
are his Subjects.
Our Lading. Our Lading here was Pepper, Salt-Petre, and Beetle-Nut for
Surat.
In our way from Mirja we met with a Man of War Pink, commis-
sion'd from the President for the scowring these Seas, which had 22,
Guns, and seventy odd Men, the Name, The Revenge.
Near Canvar is the Issand Angedlva, Fam'd for the Burial of some
Hundreds of our Countreymen.
c."w.if the Canvar was the Chief Port of Visiapour on this Coast, but a Grand
Ciucf Port of TrayEor t0 Ehat King Seva Gi, is now Matter of it, and the adjicent
irsthe hands Countrey as far as Guzerat; having well nigh forced our Factory,
The People
partly Mean,
jpudy Ctnsm
and done other Outrages on us, which would ask our Fleet a longei
time to require Satisfaction, if they were able, than they could flay;
unless they would lose their Passage round the Cape os Good Hope,
and content themsclves to winter at the Mauritius, which all Ships
that outstay their time are forced to. For the Sun being almoil at
his Southern Solstice, at his return he leaves a sharp Winter ( which
we proved ), and adversc Winds in those Seas, they lying without
the Tropick, which spurs them on for expedition. What this Seva
Gi is, and thereasonof his Usurped Power, a longer Duration in the
Countrey must declare, who is every where named with Terror, he
carrying all before him like a mighty Torrent.
The Shore is Hilly, and indifferent Woody; near itlslcts arescat-
tcred to and again.
The People partly Moors, partly Gentaes, under the King of Visia-
pour, who was, till this turbulent Seva Gi drove all into.a Commo-
• tion, a perfect Monarch, hardly paying the Mogul Tribute, when
Duccan and Visiapour were united into one Kingdom.
Hence it is Hilly up to Guzerat ; though Gates hold on where the
Coastsof Guzerat begin , and outstretches them.
Fifteen Leagues to the forward of Canvar lies Goa, the only place
of consequencethe Portugals retain of their sirss; Discoverics.
The City lies up the River, out of our sight on Shipboard, though
we could discern the River to be thwacked with small Craft; with-
A Twelve Month's Voyage
Letter I. Onset, all of Black Stone, yet somewhat undermined by the .beating
-'•"v^-' of the Sea, where it works its self into aSyrtes; on the other side
of which the Fragments of the Town are iheltcr'd. At my Land-
ing, one of their Princes was the first that welcomed me alhorc,
( who here as well as in Italy scorn not to be Merchants ); he was
seated under a ihady Tree, on a Carpet spread upon the Sand, and
his Retinue standing about him; he it seems was expecting the Pro-
tector of Canara (the Raja being in Minority ), who came anon,
with his Lords and Guards, armed with-Swords and Gantlets,
Partizans adorned with Bells and Feathers, as also were the Horses
that carried his Lufcarry or Army, with such Trappings as our sined;
Team-Horses in England wear.
His cbstrepo- He ventured osFto Sea to see our Ships; he was rowed by a Gang
rousMtiikk. 0f j^ in a great deal of Pomp; his Musick was loud, and with the
Kettle-drums made a Noise not unlike that our Coopers make on their
Hogsheads driving home their Hoops: He went aboard two or
three Ships, who entertained him with their Guns and Chcars of
their Men, presenting him with Scarlet Qoath. He is a Gemils, as
are his Subjects.
Our Lading. Our Lading here was Pepper, Salt-Petre, and Beetle-Nut for
Surat.
In our way from Mirja we met with a Man of War Pink, commis-
sion'd from the President for the scowring these Seas, which had 22,
Guns, and seventy odd Men, the Name, The Revenge.
Near Canvar is the Issand Angedlva, Fam'd for the Burial of some
Hundreds of our Countreymen.
c."w.if the Canvar was the Chief Port of Visiapour on this Coast, but a Grand
Ciucf Port of TrayEor t0 Ehat King Seva Gi, is now Matter of it, and the adjicent
irsthe hands Countrey as far as Guzerat; having well nigh forced our Factory,
The People
partly Mean,
jpudy Ctnsm
and done other Outrages on us, which would ask our Fleet a longei
time to require Satisfaction, if they were able, than they could flay;
unless they would lose their Passage round the Cape os Good Hope,
and content themsclves to winter at the Mauritius, which all Ships
that outstay their time are forced to. For the Sun being almoil at
his Southern Solstice, at his return he leaves a sharp Winter ( which
we proved ), and adversc Winds in those Seas, they lying without
the Tropick, which spurs them on for expedition. What this Seva
Gi is, and thereasonof his Usurped Power, a longer Duration in the
Countrey must declare, who is every where named with Terror, he
carrying all before him like a mighty Torrent.
The Shore is Hilly, and indifferent Woody; near itlslcts arescat-
tcred to and again.
The People partly Moors, partly Gentaes, under the King of Visia-
pour, who was, till this turbulent Seva Gi drove all into.a Commo-
• tion, a perfect Monarch, hardly paying the Mogul Tribute, when
Duccan and Visiapour were united into one Kingdom.
Hence it is Hilly up to Guzerat ; though Gates hold on where the
Coastsof Guzerat begin , and outstretches them.
Fifteen Leagues to the forward of Canvar lies Goa, the only place
of consequencethe Portugals retain of their sirss; Discoverics.
The City lies up the River, out of our sight on Shipboard, though
we could discern the River to be thwacked with small Craft; with-