Fryer, John: A new account of East-India and Persia: in 8 letters being 9 years travels, begun 1672 and finished 1681 (London, 1698)

and soumy into Duccan, 132
It is supposed they feed on the Grass or Oaz on Land, or at the tetter IlL
.bottom of the Ocean; and from the Fable of the Three Hearts,springs t-rf"WJ
the Conceit of its Tripartite Community, of Fissi, and Kkfa, and
Fowl; the outward Covering being Shelly, the inner Meat Carnous,
its way of preserving its kind being by Eggs, as the Feathered Fowl
do: To me it seems ("though the Flcssi be highly extolled for the
taste and colour of Veal) neither Fissi, nor Fleih, nor good Red
Herring.
It bears the Vogue for altering the Blood; wherefore good in Scur- The ?ieso w
vies got by bad Air and Diet in long Voyages, and for the Running storatlvc-
of the Reins by impure Copulation; for which 'tis used as an un-
doubted Cure, purging by the Genitals an Oily viscous Matter of a
Yellow hew, if fed upon constantly for thirty days; restoring the
decayed Vigour of the Body, and giving it a grace and luslre as ele- •
gantj as Viper Wine does Consumptive Persons, or worn-out Pro-
uitutes.
About this time the President put in execution a Project for the
advancing the Issand Bombaim ; wherefore an Envoy was sent to ex-
plore the Passage through Seva G/'s Country into the Confines of
Duccast; but returned with a fruitless Account, only making farther
work for me.
One of the Mogul's Generals over Seventeen thousand Horse, and
Three thousand Foot,and Governor ofjeueab (the Chief City of that
Kingdom) having occasion for one of my Function, on St. Georges
Day I was commanded by the Honourable Gerald Aungier, with only
Oral Instructions, toembarque on a Bombaim Boat of Twelve Oars
and a Steer's-man, waited on by two of the Governor's Servants,
four Moor Peons, a Portuguez, my own Servants, a Braebmin for Lin"
guist, an Horse-keeper, eight Coolies to my Palenkeen, a dozen
Frames for Lumber, and one Horse.
Thus equipped, I left Bemlaim about Three in the Afternoon, Take Boat for
and the same Night about Nine Anchored on this side Tanaiv, where *>*««*•
in our passage were visible a great way off, on the tops os the Moun-
tains , severai Fortresies of Seva Gi's, only defensible by Nature,
needing no other Artillery but Stones, which they tumble down up-
on their Foes, carrying as certain destru&ion with them as Bullets
where they alight: The next Morning, with only sending my Ser-
vant aihore to acquaint the Retidero, I quitted the Pass; and a Mile
beyond the City deserted Batem River on the left, and took our
Course up a spacious Navigable River, which makes the Issand of Ba-
$ei«, the Banks of which are low and fruitful; on both sides are
placed stately Aldeat, and Dwellings of the Portugal Fidalgosi till
on the Right, within a Mile or more of Gutlean, they yield posieiBori
to the Neigbouring Seva Gi,at which City (the Key this way into that
Rebels Country) Wind and Tide favouring us, we landed at about
Nine in theMorning,and were civilly treated by theCustomer in his
Choultry, till the Havaldar could be acquainted of my arrival; who
immediatly ordered me a great Moscb for my reception, whence I
sent the Bracbm'm to complement him, and deliver the Presidents
Letter.
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