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

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RELATION
OF TH E
Canatick-Country.
LETT El IV.
CHAP. I.
Concerning our Shipping sor Carwar ■ os the FaBory there;
the Unfitted Condition of the Place ; and our coming to
Goa.
SIR,
TH E Pleasure you express on the Receipt of Mine, makes Chap. s.
me continue your Invited Trouble, as truly, not enjoy- w"-^-^
ing any thing till I know your Sentiments; and there-
fore is it, next the quieting your Concern for my Life in
so unhealthy a Place, I let you know Bomhaim is my Station no longer
than the President rcsides there: From whence you may perceive
I have had Opportunities to expatiate.
And now the Rains are over, and Friendship concluded as well ThePresident
between particular Factions, as the Dutch; the President esteemed goestosw*,
no Enemies so formidable as siill to exact his Presence on this IsJand ;
wherefore conflicting Mr. ThilipGyssard'va his Place, he took Ship-
ping in the Fleece, for Sm at, accompanied by the Rainloiv, New Lon-
don, and East-Iudra Merchant, Englijh Ships, the Bombaim Merchant,
and other Country Ships.
After some time, Curiosity more than Business tempted me to go 110 c*m*r:
with the Chief of Carwar, that I might see Goa. In our Pas- Se™Gi'?N*"
sage at Serapatan, to the South of Dan de Rajapore, a Strong Ca- vaIPowM-
file of Seva Gz's defended a deep Bay, where rode his Navy,
consisting of 50 Small Ships and Venels, the Admiral wearing a
White Flag aloft.
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