'A New Account of the East-Indies: Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton who resided in those parts from the Year 1688, to 1723, Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japan. The Second Edition. Volume II.' [‎283] (322/362)

of the Eaft Indies. 183
PermifTion to go) whofe Acquaintance I ca-
fually fought after to be informed.
I now begin again to continue my Courfe
along the Sea-coaft to the Northward : And
in the fame Province of Fokien is the River
and City of Hockfew ; but whether the City
of Hockfew be the fame with Fochew, I know
not; it is very large however, and is famous
for being the Relidence of the Chungtock,
and in brewing a Sort of good ftrong Ale in
fmall Pots of coarfe China Ware luted over
with a Clay Head as big as the Pot.
A bout twenty Leagues to the North
ward of Hockfew begins the Province of
Che qui am, whofe chief City is Limvoa, by
fome called Nimfoa, and by others Ningpoo;
however, it is a large City, and drives a
great Trade. Here the Tortugueze were
once well fettled, and had a numerous Colo
ny. When the Chinefe were Matters of their
own Country, and the Tortuguezx of the
Seas, it is reported, that they had above one
thoufand Tortugueze Families fettled in
Limpoa, and were governed by their own
Laws. Their Trade thro' China and Japon,
which they carried in Shipping io-India and
China, made them prodigioullv rich, which
brought them into Luxury and Debauchery,
and, at lait, was the Caufe of their Expulfi-
on from Limpoa.
They began to be notorious Ravifliers of
Women. They would go into the Country
Villages, and carry off young Virgins by Vi
olence, from their Parents, and when they
had