!['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.' [‎77] (120/506)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0124.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.' [‎77] (120/506)")
'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.' [77] (120/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (427 pages). It was created in 1698. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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holds with little intermiffion till St. Francis's Moon, the firfl: Full Chap. IV;
Moon in Angufl ; when our Europe Ships, if they fave their Paflage
about the Cape, venture to make in here, by the directions of the
yellow Bellies of the formerly mentioned Water-Snakes, who are a
warning to them of adventuring too near the Shore, till this open
Weather appear.
After this Full Moon, the Banyans, aflifted by their Brachmins, go The Heathens
in Proceflion to the Sea-fhore, and offer Cocoe-Nuts to Neptune, that
he would reflore them their Mare Pacificum; when they make Pre- Sea. 0 6
parations to go to Sea, and about their Bufmefs of Trade.
By this opportunity our Ambafladors crofled an Arm of the Sea,
and returning from Seva Gi, delivered the Prefident this following
Account; which I the rather infert, becaufe the manner of dealing
with thefe Princes and Great Men may be the better underftood by
this formal Addrefs.
CHAP. IV.
A Narrative of an Emhajjy to Seva Gi, and Journey to Rairee,
the Court of the Rajah.
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TH E Ambaflador having received Inftrudions, and got alt
things ready for his Journey, embark'd on a Bomhaim Shehar
(together with two Engl'tjh Fadiors > who were appointed by the
Honourable the Prefident to accompany him) ; and about Nine
a Clock at Night arrived at Chouly a Portugal City on the Main,
into which he could not enter, the Gates being Ihut up, and Watch
fet; fo that they pafled this Night in the Suburbs, in a frtiall Church
called Sr. Sehaftians; and the next day about Three in the After
noon receiving Advice that Seva Gi was returned to Rairee from
Chihlone, departed thence to Upper Chouh, a Town belonging to the
Rajah, about two Miles diftant from the Portugal City; and was in
former time a great Mart of all forts of Duccan Commodities; but
now totally ruined by the late Wars betwixt the Mogul and Seva Gi,
whofe Arms have plundered and laid it wafte.
The Suhidar of this Town being a Perfon of Quality, who com
mands the Countries oppofite to Bomhaim , as Magatan, Penn, and
TuU, he thought good to give him a Vifit, and to preferlt him with
a couple of Pamerins ; and the rather, becaufe he underftood by the
Linguift Mar an Sinaij, he had fome Averfion to our Nation, and
might hinder our Proceedings at Coujrt; from which he was willing
to take him off by all fair means: He received the Vifit kindly, and
promifed all Courtefy that lay in his Power to perform ; and after
ibme immaterial Difcourfe they returned to their Tents.
The Day following they took Boat, and failed up Choul River, to Proceed on
a Town called Eflhemy, fix Leagues diftance from Choul, where they their Journey
ftaid till next day ; and fet forth about fix in the Morn from EJlhemy,
and aboqt Sun-fee pitched their Tent in a Plain, fix Miles fhort'of
Ntfoampore, where they flayed about an hour to refrefti their
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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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The volume contains a table of contents giving letter numbers and chapter headings. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There are also an alphabetical index ('An Index Explanatory'), and an alphabetical 'Table of some Principal Things herein contained, neither reducible to the Index Explanatory, nor the Contents' of at the back of the volume.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:10, 1:14, 1:6, 6a:6b, 7:36, 36a:36b, 37:40, 40a:40b, 41:50, 50a:50b, 51:110, 110a:110b, 111:230, 230a:230b, 231:416, 416a:416b, 417:428, 1:24, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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