"تقرير جديد عن الهند الشرقية وبلاد فارس، في ثمانِ رسائل. تتناول رحلات تسع سنوات، بدأت في ١٦٧٢ وانتهت في ١٦٨١. يحتوي التقرير على ملاحظات مأخوذة من أخلاق وطبيعة تلك البلاد وممتلكاتها الصناعية: تحديدًا، من حكوماتها ودينها وقوانينها وأعرافها. تقرير عن التربة والمناخ والمواسم والصحة والأمراض، وكذا الحيوانات والخضروات والمعادن والمجوهرات، إضافةً إلى المساكن والرداء والصناعات والتجارة والسلع، فضلًا عن العملات والموازين والمقاييس المستخدمة في الأماكن الأساسية للتجارة في تلك الأجزاء." [‎١‎٠] (٥٠٦/٤٧)

IO
A Twelve Mon
Letter I.
Del Fogo.
Jewels in their Ears, with a kind of Vail from their Head to their
Knees, with a Clofe-bodied Coat with Hanging-fleeves.
By Religion they are Chriftians of the Romijh Church.
Their Governour is from Portugal.
Nothing more obfervable in this little time, but that at Night on
Shipboard, we had the fight of Del Fogos Flames; it being an
Ifland of Fire,* the Smoak of which is alfo apparent at Noon-day ;
which is of the fame Batch with the red, we feeing only thefe Fou^
Iflands of the Nine belonging to the Gorgades.
T
A proof of
the necefllty
of knowing
the Trade-
winds.
C H A P. U.
Contains our Vajjage from St. lago to Johanna, and tf{ela»
tion of that Ifland.
THUS forfaking thefe African Iflands, and being forfaken of
all but our own Fleet, with a brisk Gale we gave our Ships
head to the Baftward of the South ; whereby we came nearer to the
Coaft of Africa ; the Northern Mvnfoons (if I may fo fay, being
the Name impofed by the firft Obfervers, /. e. Motiones) lafting hi
ther ; they (Springing from the prefTure of the Winter's Siiow, Clouds
or Vapours lodged on the Artie Mountains, and now beginning to be
diflblved) leave us to ftruggle with thofe moving with the Sun,
between the Tropicks Eaft and Weft, as thofe without do North and
moftly or collaterally to thofe Cardinal Points. And therefore
we are forced to fleer more£^y?<?r/y,either to fetch a Wind to crofs the
/Equatorj or gain a Side-wind from the conftant ones to carry us to
Brafil. For which caufe thofe Ships bound for St.-Helen s bom
Europe, muft come into the Latitude of iSdeg. South, and ifome-
times to the Cape of good Hope, before they can bend their Courfe
thither, though in a diredt Line it would cut off three quarters
of the way.
When we were ip four degrees of the Line, and Longitude from
St. lago 7 deg. 12 min. Eafl, (renewing thence our Meridian) we
became lubjedt to the moil parching Heat of the Torrid Zone; whofe
Effeds were fo much the more outragious, by as much as the.Winds
ihrank upon us from off the Coaft ot Ginea (which we drew nigh
toj and had left us at a Hand, the uiual Treatment hereabouts,
imputed to the fcarcity of Mountains on that vaft Tradl of ground:
Of G ± C mfr that i ^ ,a y wholl y at the mercy of the two unruly Ele-
the TornaJffi ment u s ' Water; the one aflailing us with flafhy Lightnings,
an horrid Noifes, breaking forth the Airy Region; the other pour-
mg on us whole Streams of unwholfome and dangerous Flouds,
when they fall in Spouts, (which are frequent here :) Nay the kindeft
and the fofteft downfal on our Bodies is productive of Vermin, fuch
as Hies , and Maggot if our Cloaths be not quickly dried and
Ihifted, (thefe Sea Ions the Seamen term the Tornados.)
• Run m a i • 0ve a 5 thpfe had played their parts, the fcorching
making towards us with his fiery Face made US' almoft breath-
lefs: