'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.' [‎24] (501/506)

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A Table of Principal Matters.
Vifflory dearly purchafed, 164
Villanage exercifed by the Vortugah, 71
Virgils Account of Dido is falfe, 1^2
Vijiapour the greatefl: Mart for fmall Dia
monds, 1 j"). Fijtapour Kingdom, its
Extent, 166
Vortobcds, Armenian Monks, profefs Celi
bacy, 270
Voyages made in Six Months by obfer-
ving the Trade-Winds , which were
wont to require fo many Years, 4
w.
REligious Wars are cruel, when to kill
our Fellow-Creatures is thought a
Service to God, 220
Wafhings too much prefumed on to pu
rify Sins, 344, Wafhing the feet an
hofpitable Entertainment, 71. Wafli-
ing before Meals, 32. Wafti at Eafe-
ments, ^ 5
Watch in Garifons call on one another,
126
Water made fitting, 200. Water defiled
if any dead Carkafs have fallen into
it, 226. Water reckoned good or bad,
as we do Air, yj. Water the clearer
the better, 504. Water charaderi-
zed, ^10. Thames zxqt apt to take
Fire, keeps iohgeft, 17
Water-Snakes on the Coaft of India, 4^
Wealth of theSubjeds falls into the Kings
hands at their Death, 28. Wealth a
neceflary AdjunA attained by a few, 70
Wealth centres in India, 188
Dancing Wenches common Whores, 152
Dancing Wenches facred to their Gods,
44
Wheat the beft at Efiucbos, 2^7
Wheelbarrows fail laden with Salt on the
Ifle of Maio, 5
Whirlwinds from the Mountains hurl
Men and Oxen to the bottom, 128.
White Men expeA obfervance, if6
Whoring in India a point of Manhood,
28
Wild Beafts entrapp'd, ^
Winds fent before the Rains, to qualify
the Heat, 120. Winds why they/hrink
on the Coaft of Guinea, I0
Wine odious to MuJJ'dmen, 168. Wines
turn Vinegar, for want of Cure, 242.
Wine in Hot Countries makes illNur-
69
Winter at the South Cape, 12. Winter
and Summer how varied, lb. Winter
at the Mauritius, ^
Wives burn with their dead Husbands,
. T 7 . . lh ll 7> ifz
Women in India quick in Labour, nj-
Women of Repute converfe not with
the Men, but tranfad their Affairs, by
themfelves, 277. Women rideaftride,
279. Women coop'd up, 287. Wo
men that burn not with their dead
Husbands, defpifed, 198. Women fet
on to complain, 400. Women cabal
not in Persia, 396. Women held to
be 19%. Women how puri
fied, 94. Women married but once,
no. Womenftridly guarded,; 1,133
Women carry Water, and do the
Drudgeries of the Houfe, 199. Inde
cent to ftrike a Woman, 383. Worms
breed in Human Bodies, 229
Y.
YEar, its Seafons varied by the Speci-
fick Determinations of Winds, &c.
3 I 7
Yearly Seafons in India, 186, 187
\
z.
ZAmerhm not brooking the Tortugals
as Inmates, they removed to
Goa, '* ' r ^
Zeal blinds and warms, 160. Zeal of
former Ages thought no Labour enough
to exprefs their Love to the Deity,
138
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