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A69916	A voyage to the East-Indies giving an account of the Isles of Madagascar, and Mascareigne, of Suratte, the coast of Malabar, of Goa, Gameron, Ormus : as also A treatise of the distempers peculiar to the eastern countries : to which is annexed an abstract of Monsieur de Rennefort's History of the East-Indies, with his propositions for the improvement of the East-India Company / written originally in French by Mr. Dellon ...; Relation d'un voyage des Indes Orientales. English	Dellon, Gabriel, b. 1649.; M. C. Treatise of the distempers relating in particular to the eastern countries.; Crull, J. (Jodocus), d. 1713?; Rennefort, Souchu de, ca. 1630-ca. 1690. Histoire des Indes orientales. English. Selections.; Dellon, Gabriel, b. 1649. Traité des maladies particulières aux pays orientaux et dans la route et de leurs remèdes. English.	1698 (1698)	Wing D943A; ESTC R22348	179,184	326

the Portugueses These having sent to his assistance a Fleet he Besieged them by Land as they did by Sea but with very ill success for the Portuguese Ships having most of them been tost by a Tempest the King was forced to withdraw his Army not without great loss without being able to reduce the Corsairs to their Devoir But the next year proved less favourable to them for the Portugueses being resolved to revenge the Affront received the year before made a Descent Is carried to Goa and Stoned to Death routed them and took their Chieftain Prisoner whom they led loaden with Chains to Goa where the populace being highly incensed against these Barbarians on account of the Cruelties exercised by them upon their Country-Men and other Europeans he was stoned to Death by the Boys One of his Nephews after having submitted himself to the King of Samorin succeeded him both in his Estate and Employment who has ever since continued to Cruise upon the Merchant Ships with such success that he is dreaded all over the Indies The Fort which has given the Name to the Basar or Market-Town is Built at a small distance from it on the utmost confines of the Kingdom of Samorin From thence they count it seven Leagues to Calicut where you meet with nothing but 3 or 4 small Towns so inconsiderable as not to deserve to be mentioned here CHAP. II. Of Calicut CAlicut Calicut or Coi-Cota is in the Malabar Tongue called Coi-Cota deriving its Name from two different Words the first whereof signifies as much as a Cock and the last a Fort because as it is related among the Malabars the Kingdom of Samorin was in former Ages of no greater extent than you might hear a Cock Crow And tho' this Kingdom be considerably augmented since yet the City of Calicut the principal of the Country retains the same Name to this day It is Situated under the Eleventh Degree of North Latitude about 11 Leagues distant from Tilcery Formerly it was the Chief place of Commerce of all the Indies and though it be much declined from its Ancient lustre yet its Inhabitants are generally very Rich and most of them Merchants This was the place where the Portugueses first set foot on Shoar after their first Discovery of the East-Indies Their King who at that time kept his Residence in that City received them with a great deal of kindness and respect granting them a considerable settlement in his Territories but they were so far from making a suitable return to his Civilities that they began to Lord it both over him and his Subjects so that the King thought himself obliged to rid his Hands of these bold Guests whom the Samorins drove out of their Territories and never suffered them to re-settle there since All about Calicut there are very low Grounds subject to frequent Inundations there being scarce a year but some part or other of this Kingdom is laid under Water by the overflowing of the Rivers The Fort which the Portugueses formerly had Built at a good distance from the Shoar may now be seen 2 Leagues deep in the Sea above half under Water The Portuguese Fort. so that you may frequently see small Vessels pass betwixt that and the Shoar These Inundations are ceased by the strong South West Winds which blow on that Coast continually from May till September Whilst I was there I was an eye-witness of the Disaster that befel the English whose Habitations which had not been Built many Years before were entirely swallowed up by the Waters The frequent mischiefs occasioned by these Inundations has been one of the main reasons why the Foreign Trade has in a great measure removed from Calicut to Goa which City has laid the foundation of its greatness upon the Ruins of that of Calicut Goa is the most considerable City of all the East-Indies in the Possession of the Portugueses who wallowing in Riches by reason of the vast Commerce of the Foreign Merchant's Trafficking in the East-Indies grew at last so insolent and insupportable to them that they Transported their Effects and Traffick to Suratte which is now the chief Trading place of all the Indies Calicut is notwithstanding all this accounted a very good Market-Town having 4 or 5 large and handsome Streets besides the Suburbs which are Inhabited by Fishermen and Tives all which joyned together make up a City of a pretty large Bulk Since the Kings of Samorin have removed their Court to another place there resides here a Governour whom they call Bajador in the Royal Palace where there is as yet to be seen a very large Bell and some Brass Cannon which were brought thither after they had chased the Portugueses out of their Fort. Among the Sands of the Shoar there is good store of Gold Dust Gold Dust which is very fine and every Body has the freedom to gather it at pleasure the biggest piece that ere I saw was not worth above 15 Pence and commonly they are not worth above 4 or 5 Pence apiece abundance of people get a livelihood by it and with consent of the Governour which is to be purchased by a certain set Price for the maintenance of 100 Poor people you may have as much Sand as you please carried to your Dwelling-places in order to separate it with the most conveniency It is a considerable time since the English have been settled at Calicut English Factory but their Habitations having been ruined as we said before by the overflowing of the Waters they Built another House in a rising and consequently less dangerous piece of Ground As in those far distant places the Europeans tho' of different Nations pay a great deal of Civility to one another upon all occasions and as it would have been look'd upon by them as an Affront if we had not stopp'd at their Habitation as we pass'd that way we took up our Lodgings with the English who Entertain'd us with all the Civility imaginable and we staid with them much longer than we at first intended by reason that a Paros of the Cosairs waited for our coming out of the Port to surprize us Having staid for some time in hopes of his going out of the Road his Obstinacy at last overcame our Patience and being resolved to run the hazard we rowed out of the Port in the middle of the Day but kept near the Shoar in order to Land if they should come to Attack us But as these Cowardly Barbarians seldom Attack any but whom they believe either not to dare or to be able to cope with them our resolute Behaviour put them to a stand so that imagining us to be stronger than we were they had not the Courage to come near us But this was not the only danger that threatned us for we had not gone much further when espying another Vessel riding at a good distance from us near the Shoar put us into a great consternation our Nahers and

is not determined hitherto who were 〈◊〉 first that brought Hogs and Goats into this Islan●● but it is most certain Hogs and Goats that they are found here 〈◊〉 great numbers the French are always provide● with Dogs bred up for that purpose who cat●● them without much difficulty especially the Hogs● who are very Wild. It is not above five 〈◊〉 Twenty or Thirty Years since Oxen and Co●● were first Transported from the Isle of Dauphine to Mascareigne which makes them to be as 〈◊〉 pretty scarce CHAP. IV. Of the Tortoises and some other Living Creatures of this Island THE Tortoises are of two different Kinds to wit the Land and Sea Tortoises The Land Tortoises Land Tortoises are so numerous in this Island that you can●carce avoid meeting with them where-ever you ●o their Flesh is accounted very good coming 〈◊〉 Taste next to Veal out of their Livers they 〈◊〉 an Oyl which for want of better some●imes serves for Salleting The Sea Tortoises are somewhat rarer than the others Sea Tortoises they never come on Shoar but in the Night-time on the West side of the Island where 〈◊〉 the Colony of St. Paul They take great care ●o cover their Eggs deep in the Sand for fear of ●he Wild Boars who are very greedy after them Those that go out to catch them How catch'd watch their opportunity as they are coming out of the Sea and finding them upon the Sand they turn them upon their Backs by putting a Stick under the Bel●y But the Land Tortoises being not altogether ●s o flat as the others soon get upon their Feet again There are some of both kinds of a prodigious bigness but they are of a different Taste The Flesh of the Sea Tortoises is look'd upon as a sovereign Remedy against the Scurvy There have been 800 Eggs found at a time in a Tortoise every one as big as a Goose Egg some ready to be ●aid others without Shells they don't come near our Pullets Eggs in goodness Nevertheless these Tortoises stand sometimes in no small stead to Ships that come that way because they may be kept alive on Board for two Months by only waterin● of them every day with Sea Water There are also in the Isle of Burbon good sto●● of Pidgeons Turtles and Partridges and 〈◊〉 numbers of other Birds Birds of this Island but especially Parro●● which are so Tame as to be catch'd with a Man● Hand or at the most one may knock them dow● with a Stick at pleasure The only Bird which 〈◊〉 shyer than the rest and is generally kill'd by th● Fusee is that called Flamand It is as big as 〈◊〉 Young Turkey but his Neck and Legs 〈◊〉 4 or 5 Foot long and being not to be catch●● without a great deal of trouble is look'd upo● here as a rarety The Sparrows are no bigger in the Isle of Mascareigne than in other parts but they are excessively troublesome to the Country by their prodigious numbers for whereever they come they consume the Seeds lately Sowed and the Houses are as much pestered with them here as we are with Flies for being quite spent by the heat of th● Sun they seek for shelter in the Houses whe● they fall in the pots and dishes and often 〈◊〉 their Wings in the Fire There is also a kind of Flitter-mice in this Island almost as big as Pullets they are Eaten by the Indians but not by the French For the rest Salubrity of this Island there is neither Serpent nor Scorpion or any other reptiles or venomous Insects to be found in this Island the goodness of it being such as to be quite contrary to these Creatures as it has been found by several Experiments which the French have made upon Rats After we had sufficiently refresh'd our selves here our Ships Crew being all very well restored to Health and our Ship provided with good Provisions we set Sail with a fair Wind on the 22d day of September from Mascareigne and without much difficulty gained the Isle Dauphin on the 29th day of the same Month. Being at the sight of 24 Degrees and some Minutes we were not a little a●●aid of passing Fort Dauphin in the Night-time because that the Current which always runs to the ●●uth and the North-East Winds which are so ●●equent on the Coast will not let you get out a●●in without great trouble if you are once got ●●der the Wind. We therefore cast our Anchor 〈◊〉 sight of the point of Itapere and the next day 〈◊〉 11 a Clock in the Forenoon entred the Bay Dauphine where we met with the Golden-Eagle ●hich was Arrived there 15 days before us having suffered and lost more Men than we even ●fter her Arrival at Madagascar the Air being not ●ear so wholsome here as in the Isle of Mascareigne We found them very busie in refitting the Ships which together with the Mary was design'd to ●●rry Monsieur de Faye Director of the East-India Company to the Indies where he afterwards Died 〈◊〉 Suratte They were extreamly overjoyed at the ●●ght of us having given us over for lost and accordingly we were received with all the demon●●rations of joy Whilst we were here there Arri●ed the Ship called St. Jean from the East-Indies Commanded by Monsieur de Lopi Nephew of Monsieur de Mondevergue who was the King's Lieutenant-General in the Isle of Madagascar He ●rdered our Ship also to be Careen'd and to be re●tted for the prosecuting our Voyage which was ●xecuted with so much diligence that those Ships ●et Sail together for the Indies whilst I with some ●ew continued for some time longer in this Island CHAP. V. Of the Isle Dauphine or Madagascar MAdagascar the Isle Dauphine and St. Lauren● are Names belonging to one and the 〈◊〉 Island A general Description of this Island The first it has received from its Nativ● the second from the French and the last from 〈◊〉 Portugueses who first discovered it on St. L●●rence's day It s Length extends from the right to the 27● Degree of Southern Latitude It is the largest Island in the whole World at least as far as is discovered hitherto being 750 French Leagues in Co●pass The Climate considering its Situation 〈◊〉 pretty Temperate the ordinary Food of the Inhabitants is Rice besides which there is goo● store of Bananas Ananas Cocos Oranges Lim●● and other sorts of Fruits There are many Rivers both small and great in this Island and 〈◊〉 great many fine Lakes which are extreamly Commodious and supply the want of Rivers in som● places during the dry Season of the Year Thei● chief Commodity is Oxen Their Oxen. they are of an extraordinary Bigness and have a great bunch weighing sometimes 30 pounds on the Top of thei● Necks it is all Fat and is counted the daintie● piece of the whole Ox. The Air of Madagascar tho' it be pretty Temperate The Air of Madagascar yet is it not very wholsome That par●

of any defence and if they happen to take any it is commonly done by surprize seldom by open force If these Corsairs render the Indian Seas somewhat troublesome it is very safe travelling by Land especially if you be conducted by some Nahers as you travel from one Town to another for robbing upon the High-way and Stealing is most severely punish'd whereas Pirating is look'd upon as a free Exercise the Kings in those parts not taking Cognisance of what is transacted upon the open Sea where they are perswaded the weakest ought to submit to the strongest These Corsairs pay the tenth of what Booty they take either in Money or Slaves to the Prince under whose Jurisdiction they live upon the Seas nothing is exempted from their attempts they attacking all they meet without any respect of Religion or Nation or having the least regard to any passes though given by such Lords or Princes as they stand in awe of If their next Neighbours or their best Friends chance to fall into their hands at Sea they spare them no more than if they were the greatest strangers in the World but load them with Irons till they have paid their Ransom These Pirats are more ignorant and barbarous than the other Mahometans they are distinguished from the Pagans only by their Beards Turbants and Vests If they happen to take any Mahometans or Pagans they only strip them of all they find but seldom make them Slaves unless it be a person from whom they expect an extraordinary Ransom The Christians are treated with more severity and are sure to die in Slavery unless they be either ransomed or else embrace Mahometanism when they are much respected and commonly are made Captain of their Paros At their first going abroad with one of those Vessels their chiefest aim is to initiate the new Vessel with the Blood of the first Christian Slave they take But among all the Europeans The Portugueses are their declared Enemies the Portuguese most frequently receive the bloody Marks of their most barbarous cruelty for which reason it is that they are declared Enemies to these Corsairs and if they meet with any of them they carry them for the most part to Goa where they put them in Chains in their Galleys or else keep them in Irons in the Casal de Polvera which signifies the Powder-House from whence there is seldom any Redemption These Barbarians being naturally so covetous as scarce ever to attempt the Redemption of their Friends out of Slavery unless it be sometimes a Captain of their Paros which however is scarce ever granted by the Portuguese who in requital of the Cruelties exercised by them against their Country-Men rather choose to let them Die in Bondage than to make the advantage of their ransom The Mahometans living among the Malabars are obliged to Accommodate themselves in all respects to their Laws and Customs unless it be in such matters as are directly opposite to their Religion tho' the Mahometans in those parts are more Jealous to fill their Coffers and in frequenting the best Market-Town than their Mosques CHAP. XXXVIII The French Settlement at Tilcery WE being seated at Batiepatan in a place where we wanted all manner of conveniency by reason of its distance from the Sea-side as soon as the two Ships called the Mary and the Strong had set Sail in order to their return into France we made our Applications to Prince Onitri to assign us another more Commodious place for our Habitations which having soon been granted by the means of some Presents he himself settled us in a place called Tatichere afterwards by us named Tilcery being part of his own Estate Situate about 4 Leagues to the South of Batiepatan Cananor and 3 of Cananor The last of these two places is Situate at 11 Degrees and 40 Minutes North Latitude in the most Fertile and Beautiful part of the whole Kingdom It s Port is very fair and Commodious during the Summer Season but dangerous in Winter It was in this place the Portuguese first settled themselves after their first discovery of the Indies There is to this day to be seen a strong Tower Built of Stone which they had brought along with them from Portugal it is environ'd with a very good high Wall whereupon are Mounted above 100 pieces of Cannon they soon after Built a very handsome Town just by the Fort and made themselves so considerable in those parts that they were a Terror to all the Indians round about them Cananor is destitute of the conveniency of a River but this is supplied by a small Bay where there is very Commodious Landing The Dutch having afterwards got a settlement here under the protection of the King of Cananor the Inhabitants craved their assistance against the encroachments made upon them by the Portugueses and these glad of so favourable an opportunity of ridding their hands of their Rival's being assisted by the Nahers of the Country Portugueses beaten out by the Dutch beat the Portugueses after a most vigorous resistance out of their strong hold rased the City and kept the Fort for their own use On the South side there is a very large Market-Town Inhabited by Mahometan Merchants who live there under the jurisdiction of a person of Quality of their own Religion who is nevertheless dependant from the King and his Chief Minister He that was there Governour all my time was called Atitaja and was King of several of the Maldive Islands These Islands are very Healthful and Fertile The Maldive Islands where by reason of their great Traffick you may be furnish'd with every thing the Indies afford They make use of neither Waggons nor Coaches but instead of them use Elephants Horses and their Palanquins 'T is here that those Canas which we call Bambou's grow in great quantities They are when they come to perfection as thick as a Man's Thigh and 20 or 30 Foot long whilst they are very young and tender they cut them and pickle them in Vinegar They slit them before they are dry to make Palanquins of them but when they are come to full perfection they are sold at the rate of 200 Crowns apiece Since the departure of the Portugueses from Cananor the Dutch are become as grievous to the Inhabitants as the Portuguese and if their Pride was insupportable to the Indians the insolence of the others is no less troublesome to them so that in all likelihood they would be forward enough to lend a helping hand to such as would attempt to drive the Hollanders from thence At a League distance from Cananor as you Travel towards the South you pass through a Town called Carla Inhabited by Tives and Cheti's where are made the best Callicoes which retain the Name of that place for their goodness sake A League further towards the South you come to Tremapatan Tremapatan or as the Malabars call it Talmorte being a very considerable Market-Town Inhabited by Mahometan Merchants

these Barbarians lay hold on upon the Water they look upon as their own we made the best of our way to the shoar but scarce had we reach'd the Bank when we perceived the Pirates at the heels of us which so terrified both the Master of the Boat and his Boy who carried my Portmantle that they look'd for their safety in the switness of their heels leaving me to the mercy of those Robbers who pursued me closely till they overtook me I now began to repent my self of having refused the fire-locks that were offered me one of which would have been a sufficient defence against a couple of cowardly Rovers who had no other Arms The Author taken by a Malabar 〈◊〉 but their Lances Finding me without any Arms they soon knock'd me down and seeing there were no Witness of the violence offered to me by Land they forc'd me into their Boat and carried me back to Cognaly As I was the first of our Nation who had the misfortune to fall into their hands so I was conducted before their Chieftain who used his utmost endeavours to extort from me a Summ of Money for my Ransom but having answered him that I had none to give he asked me for what reason I had quitted the Sieur de Flacour and whether in his return he was to pass that way through his Lordship I told him that I was not able to give him an account upon which he ordered the Irons to be brought in which were laid close by me so that I expected every moment to be loaden with Irons But as good fortune would have it this Chieftain had heard something of the late alliance concluded betwixt us and the King of Samorin whose Subject he was which consideration together with the utmost severity used against such as commit Robberies on Land or in a River had so good an effect upon him that he ordered the Irons to be taken away and when I expected it least turned the civilest man in the World offering me his House and every thing else for my conveniency But as I was eager to see my self at Liberty Is 〈◊〉 at liberty so I returned him thanks for his offers desiring him to give me leave to go streight to Bargara pretending that I had business of great moment to transact there that Night He having granted my request and ordered a Vessel to be got ready he presented me in the mean while with some sweet Meats of which I took a few for Decency's sake but did not eat any of them for fear of Poison though at the same time it must be confessed that Poison is less known among the Malabars than any other Nation After I had taken my leave of the Pirate I entred the Vessel which was to carry me to Bargara where I was no sooner arrived but I met with the same Canoe which had left me before in the lurch the Master pretending that he had stay'd for me there in hopes of my coming But what rejoyced me most was That a certain Fisherman told me that there was very lately a Frenchman arrived in this Market-Town You may imagine that I made all the hast I could to find him out and meeting with my old Friend the Sieur de la Serine the Elder who was lately returned from Calicut this happy meeting was no small comfort to me for what I had suffered during this troublesome Journey of which and the last adventure I gave him an exact relation He having already settled matters with the Corsair who is Lord of Bargara we travelled the next day together to Tilcery which being not above three Leagues from thence we arrived there before Noon There was scarce any body but was surprized at my sudden return but at the same time approved of my Resolution of not exposing my self to the hazards of so dangerous a Journey without an absolute necessity The End of the first Part. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO THE EAST-INDIES Dedicated to the Bishop of MEAVX By Mr. DELLON M. D. Translated from the French PART II. LONDON Printed for D. Browne at the Black-Swan without Temple-Bar A. Roper at the Black-Boy in Fleet-Street and T. Leigh at the Peacock in Fleet-Street 1698. A VOYAGE TO THE EAST-INDIES PART II. CHAP. I. Our Journey to Tanor THE Sieur de la Serine had bought a considerable quantity of Pepper at Calicut and Tanor which being to be weighed and put in Bales against the arrival of our Ships he and I set out from Tilcery for these two places which lie to the South of Tilcery The first Town we came to in our Journey Mealy is called Mealy it has a small Market-place but is 〈◊〉 inhabited by Tives The River upon which it is built will bear Vessels of good Burthen and there is always a good number of them to be seen near the Town which are freighted here with the products of the circumjacent Country which is one of the most fertile in the World Bargara is about two Leagues distant from Mealy Bargara it is one of the most considerable Market-towns in those parts whether in respect of its commerce or of the riches of its inhabitants who are most Pirates It is destitute of a River so that both the Corsairs and Merchants are obliged to let their Paros and Vessels run ashoar on the Sea-side when they want careening or that they cannot hold out against the violence of the Hurricanes Bargara lies upon the utmost Borders of the Kingdom of Cananor a certain Naher is Lord of the place who though a subject to the King yet enjoys the prerogative of receiving the tribute pay'd both by the Inhabitants and Strangers Not far from Bargara there is a small Gulph made by the River Cognaly a place very commodious for the Neighbouring Corsairs About half a League from Bargara there is a Market-town or Basar which the Malabars call Cota or Cognaly the first signifies in their Language as much as a Fort the second is the Name of the Corsair who is Lord of the place Cota is a Peninsule of a very difficult access Cota even in that part where it is adjoined to the Land by reason of the deep pits occasion'd by the overflowing of the Sea The River bears Vessels of three hundred Tuns but is very dangerous at the Entrance not far from whence there is a small Island which serves for a shelter in tempestuous Weather both to the Merchant Men and Paros The Lord of Cognaly is a famous Corsair in these parts The Lord of Cognaly he seldom has less than ten or twelve Paros out at Sea each being manned with five or six hundred of his Subjects who are most of them of the same Employment and as they are commonly very Rich so they are intolerably Proud and Insolent Some years ago they revolted against the King of Samorin their Sovereign who finding himself alone not strong enough to reduce these Rebels to Obedience sought for aid by

Churches where a Crucifix of an inestimable value of Relieve is enclosed in an Iron Grate with the Wound in our Saviour's Side it is daily exposed to publick view there being constantly kept 6 white Wax Candles and 7 Lamps burning before it The great Chapel belonging to the Cathedral is also a most magnificent Structure In a Convent called a Madre de Deos there is to be seen the Handkerchief of our Saviour Jesus Christ which most precious Relick is shew'd to the people every Holy Friday in the Afternoon The Streets of Lisbon are generally very narrow there being very few but such as have been lately Built which are passable for Coaches and I suppose it is upon this account that Chairs and Litters are so much used in this City The Royal Palace is Built upon the very Bank of the River The grand Place-Royal faces this Castle called by the Portugueses Tereriro de Paco where they run at the Ring and keep their Bull-fightings There are in Lisbon several good Market-places and other large and fine Squares abundance of stately Buildings and a great number of Fountains which are to be seen all over the City and serve both for an Ornament to the City and for the conveniency of the Inhabitants The Portugueses are very cautious in following the French Fashion in their Dresses The Portuguese Women are very little but well shap'd Ladies of Quality appear abroad with their Faces uncovered the rest wear Veils but they have a way of opening them when they have a Mind to be seen CHAP. XXXIII My Departure from Lisbon and return into France AFter I had made the best Observations I could concerning every thing I thought worth taking notice of in Lisbon I took Shipping in a Vessel which was bound to Bayonne in France We weighed Anchor from before the Castle of Bethlehem on the 22d of July and the next day got out to Sea but the Wind turning about and it blowing very hard all the following Night our Mizen Mast Split so that we were forced to make towards the Shoar to refit We came to an Anchor the next day in the Port of Cascais where the Sieur Du Casso an Inhabitant of Bajonne and I went a-shoar we continued there till the 28th of the same Month when we took Shipping again and got out at Sea a second time But the Wind Steering about soon after we were fain to keep at a great distance from the Shoar so we doubled the Cape of Finistre the 4th of August and Sailed along the Coast of Spain till the 15th of the same Month when we got sight of our Native Shoar and at the same time of a Vessel that was making all the Sail she could towards us We having no more than 25 Men and 6 Guns on Board we thought it our best way to change our Course but whilst we were flying from our supposed Enemy we soon got sight of another which made us alter our Resolution and to pursue our former course which we did accordingly but so near the Shoar that we might have an opportunity of running our Vessel on Shoar if we should be constrained so to do Thus we Sailed all the Night surrounded with terrible apprehensions both of the danger of the Shoar and our Enemies but by Day-light seeing but one of the Ships that were in pursuit of us the day before and finding our selves not far off of the River of Bayonne we made all the sails we could and happily entred it the same Night Thus after 10 Years Absence and a Thousand dangers and fatigues the necessary consequences of long Voyages I had the satisfaction to set once more foot on Shoar the 16th day of August in my Native Country France The End of the Second Part. A TREATISE OF THE DISTEMPERS Relating in Particular to the Eastern Countries AND Such other DISEASES as commonly happen in the VOYAGES into those PARTS with their proper REMEDIES By M. C. D. D. E. M. Translated from the French LONDON Printed for D. Browne at the Black-Swan without Temple-Bar A. Roper at the Black-Boy and T. Leigh at the Peacock both in Fleet-Street 1698. OF THE DISTEMPERS Peculiar to the Eastern-Countries AND THEIR REMEDIES CHAP. I. Of Vomiting VOmiting is the first inconveniency Travellors are afflicted with at Sea it is caused partly by the motion of the Ship partly by the change of the Air. Vomiting as common as it is is sometimes not without danger I have seen some people of a tender Constitution weakned by it to that degree that they were in no small danger of their Life by the great loss of Spirits Others I have seen who for 3 or 4 Months together have not been able to stir out of their Beds To prevent in some measure the violent Vomitting at Sea it is very convenient to take 2 or 3 proper Purges a little before you go to Sea especially if you have not lived very regularly before When you are at Sea you may mitigate the violence of it if you keep your self quiet betwixt Decks for the first 4 or 5 days of your Voyage but not to abstain from Eating and Drinking tho' you should bring it up again immediately after for if you Vomit with a full Stomach you don't strain so violently as you do when it is empty when violent Vomitings cause often very dangerous Haemorrhagies It is of great moment to feed at first upon nothing but what is of very easie Digestion and good nourishment to drink but little Wine and to abstain as much as possible can be from Brandy or Aqua vitae it having been found by Experience that strong Liquors are so far from fortifying the Stomach upon this occasion that they are rather very hurtful CHAP. II. Of the Scurvy call'd by the French The Land-Evil THE Scurvy call'd by the French Mariners the Land Evil is the most dangerous and troublesome of all those Distempers which are incident to those that undertake great Voyages it being not only contagious but also scarce ever to be cur'd till you get ashoar The general Causes of this Distemper are Causes of the Scurvy 〈◊〉 Sea the Sea Air the Salt Provision both which cause great alterations in the Blood Melancholy occasioned by the tediousness and other Inconveniencies of long Voyages Thirst the common Companion of those who are to pass into the Eastern-Parts and that commonly at such a time when they stand most in need of Refreshment And last of all the Nastiness of the Mariners who seldom keep themselves clean and neat For which reason it is that the Officers and others above the common Rank on board these Ships are not so much subject to the Scurvy as the common Sea-men because they are better provided with change of Linen and feed upon such things as are of a better Digestion and Nourishment The first Symptoms of the Scurvy appear most commonly in the Mouth and Gums which swell grow black and emit a very ill Scent so that