!['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.' [‎16] (493/506)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0499.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.' [‎16] (493/506)")
'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.' [16] (493/506)
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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XVI
A Table of Princi
Deluge poflible, Page 76
Dervifes charged with Intriegues, 592
Devotes morofe, $1,161
Devotion of the Heathens conlifts in waft
ing and praying, 101
Diamonds only cut Diamonds^ 11^. Dia
monds carried into Europe to be Set,
return'd to India, make good Profit, 89
Difeafes contracted at Adechlapatan cured
by timely removing up the Country, 3 5-.
Difeafes produced by the Alteration of
Seafons, ^
Difrepute attends ill fuccefs, ^
Civil Diffentions the Ruin of the Indian
Government, 28
Bon John de Caftro pawn'd a Hair of his
Beard, which he redeemed at the Ex-
pence of all his Wealth, 218
Dowry the Credit of the Affinity, not
Money, ^
Dregs of the People fubmit themfelves to
the Devil out of fear, 179
Drought the unhappinefs of Verpa, 228
Drunkards Monarchs, 91
Duccan the Bread of the Military Men, 167
Butch Policy in burning four Ships Car
goes of Spice, 223. Dutch got into the
Breach we made on the Tor tubals, 88.
Dutch demolifli St. Thomas , and reftore
our Prifoners, 116. Dutch after twelve
years befieging Goa, forced to leave it
at lafi, 148. Dutch aflift the Moors
againft the French, 42. Dutch Intereft
to quell the French m India, 43. Dutch
engrofs the Spice-Trade, $7,223. Dutch
awe the Natives, ^ r
Dying Perfons laid up to the Chin, to
expire in their holy Waters, 101
Elephants generate as other Brutes, 2 c,
Number of Elephants give Efteem to
thofe that maintain them, 96. How
governed, ».
Emanuel Lobos Rebel to the State of Goa,
I c?
Emblems of Dominion and Juftice, 8r
Emperors of Ferfia exoculate their Bro
thers, ^47. Emperors of India fend
their Kindred to the Tofi to be intoxi
cated by a Poyfonous Drink, 52. Em
perors only in India allowed a Sum-
brero, 86. Emperor feizes young Girls
for the Haram in Terfia, 276
Enemies not to be furnifhed with Wea-
P ons j 70, 106
Englijh poffefled of Bomb aim after a long
Debate of the Indian Tortugals, 6%. For
midable to the Moors, 62. Breed fickly
Children, 69. Engltjh privately befriend
the French, 4;. Engl/jli have a Right to
the Cuftoms in Terfa, 222. Negled
the Gulph of Perfm, 353. £»£///&Trade
is chiefly in Calicuts, gg
Entertainment in our Travels courfe, un-
lefs provided by our felves, 2 -»1
Envious Eye caft on Bomhaim by the
Dutch, y 0
Equilibrium as to Temperament, 296
Eunuchs moft in favour at the Court of
Gulconday 28. Eunuchs Spies upon the
Women,
An Exalted Pitch of State a more con-
fpicuous Confinement, 263
Eye-fight loft by an hot Iron drawn over,
muft not be recovered, 347
F.
E.
EArs ftopt with die Fingers, emits the
Voice the ftronger, 145-
Earthquakes frequent where" Sulphur
abounds, ^oi
Eafements made at fet hours, 3 2
Eating together a Sacramental Obliga-
tion, 162
Eat nothing has life among the Gentms, 3 3
Eating together among the Eafiern Nati
ons a great fcruple, 92
Ecliptick Courfe of the Sun creates the
( Seafons of the Year, 229
Elephants Male mounted in State only by
the Royal Family, 29
Elephants imitate human ProgreUIon, 3 j
FAkiers ungovernable, 9^
Family Government maintain'd, 118
teaft of Ahafuerus continued to this day
among the Emperors, 348. Fealt
truly Per/ian, 25*9
Fidelity a rare Inftance in a Covetous
Man, J38
Fighting with Mountains harder than
fighting with Men, 171
Firft-Fruits exacted by the Emperor of
Perfa, 248
Great FilK prey on the little, as well on
the Land as in the Sea, 147
Rotten Fifti caufe a poylbnous Stench, 5- ^
Fi/h and Fowl dedicated to Sacred Ufes,
2 5'9
Flattery, odious in a Generous Spirit,
much encouraged, 131
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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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