!['A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎3] (24/506)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0024.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎3] (24/506)")
'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [3] (24/506)
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The Contents.
Coafts of Coromandel The caufe of the
Monfoons enquired into. The Tail of the
Elephant. Water-Snakes. The difference
on the Malabar Coaft. A Rejoinder of
the Seafons. Small Birds drove to Sea.
Land-lock'd betwixt Ceilon and the Cape.
Strange colour'd FiQies. The Mountain
Gates.Tutticary .OMv danger here.CapeCowm.
CHAP. VI.
Views the Malabar and Canatick
Coajls, up to Bombaim.
A Dark Night enlightned by Fifh.
The Dutch grafp all the Spice-Trade.
How far 'tis poffible. Cochin. We left the
bad Weather, but not the Dutch Pra^ices.
Went afhore at Tanore. Their Wares.
Their Houfes mean. Their Nation di-
ftinguidied. The Nairoes. The Husband
men. Their Men, how clad. Their Wo
men. Manners and Religion. Hofpitals
for Cows. St. Thomas Chriftians. Coins
current. The Pepper. Blackamore Pul-
len. Intenfely cold a-nights.^ Latitude
of Tanore. Calicut, The Portugal Fort
overflowed. The Story of Calicut, Its
condition fince the Vortugals left it. Coins.
The right Afcent of the Sun to the Me
ridian. Malabar Coaft harbours Pyrates.
Thalapatan. ■ The King. Crocodiles in
the River. Cutt 'tcony* Its Profped. The
Gentiles loth torefign it to the Englijh. The
Fort. Unfafe travelling without a Nam.
Naughtinefs of their Women. Coins.
We left Malabar Coaft. Onor the firft Land
we touched on the Canatick Coaft. The
Protedor of Canora went aboard our Fleet
at Mirja. His obftreporous Mufick. Our
Lading. Carwar in the hands of Seva.
The People partly Moors, partly Gentues.
Goa. The Portugal Armado. Light-Houfes.
Rajap our. Choul. Bombaim.
LETTER II.
CHAP. I.
Mentions the Ifland, and,its ^of*
Mors
THE Iflands of S^fefN^.TheSituad-
on. The Bay makes the moft com
modious Port in India. From whence
the Ifland is called Bombaim. What Im
port it is to the Englifli. The Vortugals
loth to part with it. The 'Englijh Fleet
go to Swally. • Thence to Anjediva. The
Vortugals brought to yield up Bombaim.
Mortality of'the Bngltjh at Anjediva. The
remaining Englijh take PolTeffion of the
Ifland. The Fort rafed. A Governor
fent out by the King. The Government
transferred to the Eafi-Jndia Company.
The old Soldiers ftomach the Yoke of the
Company's Servants. Governors for the
Company. Strength of the Ifland. The
Fort ill contrived. The Town. Frefh-
water Springs fcarce. Woods of Cocoes.
Portugal Churches. Salt-Pans. Maijm.
Sahejong. Adalabar-HiW. Bignefs of the
Ifland. Amixt People. Englijh Govern
ment. Power and State of the Prefi-
dent. An unhealthy Climate. Englijh
Women no good Nurfes. The Air agree
able to the Country People. Few return
home. What Credit it bears with its
Neighbours.
CHAP. II.
A Surrey of the Ifland Canorcin,
near Bomba'im.
TH E Superior of the Jefuits compli
mented. Their Convents ferve for
Caftles. A fine Profped on the Water.
A Journy of Pleafure, and Civility of the
Jefuits. Delightful Aldeas. Magnatana a
Country-Seat. The City of Camrein for
merly an Heathen Fane. Reported ro be
dug out of the Rocks by Alexander. Ta-
naw the chief Place. Mein a great Town,
j Happinefs of the Soil.
CHAP. III.
A Vifit to Ba^ein, a Portugal O
ty in India : Our T^turn hy Ele-
phanto, &c. with Ohjeryations
on the Ifland Bombaim.
TH E Capitaneos of the Portugals alter
nate. A Meflage to Ba^ein. The
City is round. Six Churches within the
Walls. The Dwellings of the Fiialgoes.
The Devaftationsmade by the about
Bacm. The ground of their Quarrel.
The
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A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.
Author: John Fryer, M D.
Publication Details: London: R R [Richard Roberts] for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard.
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xiii) and another Roman numeral pagination at the end of the volume (i-xxiv); with maps and figures; folio.
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- 'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.'
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