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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

further hinderance till some days after when a most furious Tempest arose which lasted near 18 Hours put us into no small distress scarce had we escaped that danger but we were thrown into another no less dangerous than the former For our Ship Sprung a Leak and then fell in such a vast quantity of Water that both our Pumps not being sufficient to exhaust it it was thought most advisable to make together with the Golden-Eagle the best of our way to the French Coast Whilst we were just upon the point of putting it in execution the Leak was by good Fortune discovered and soon stopped so that we spent the remainder of the day in making good Cheer for Joy of having escaped so imminent a danger The next Morning by break of day we came in sight of a very large Ship and the Golden-Eagle being advanced within Canon-Shot gave her the Signal of Striking but finding her not to comply immediately with our desire we put out the White Flag when she instantly lower'd her Top Sail. This was a Ship belonging to Diep which was bound to Senegal where they Trade in Ivory Feathers and Gold-Dust the Captain 's Name was Le Moyne and having thus continued our Voyage together we left him near the Mouth of the River Niger directing our Course to Cape Verd where we Arrived in 6 Weeks after our first departure out of France CHAP. II. Of Cape Verd. THIS is a part of Africa Cape Verd. Situate at about 14 Degrees North Latitude it has a pretty large Bay but no safe Riding for Ships as having no shelter against the violence of the Winds and it is so dangerous Landing all round the Bay that many Chaloups have been lost at their approach near the Shoar The Hollanders Inhabited at that time a small Island The Island of Go●ea at a little distance from it which has had almost as many Masters as have thought it worth their while to take Possession of it it being of so little Defence that the Dutch seem only to keep it because no body Disputes with them about the Propriety of a place which being very Barren is destitute of every thing requisite for the necessity and conveniency of human Life except what they are supply'd with from Cape Verd. The people Inhabiting Cape Verd Inhabitants of Cape Verd. are of a most dreadful Aspect much beyond what the rest of the Africans are the Women are as ugly as the Men the first carry their Children upon their Backs and suckle them over their Shoulders They are much addicted to hunting and as lascivious as they are ugly prostituting themselves in publick to Strangers The Africans are for the most part Mahometans but besides this they use many superstitious Ceremonies which have not the least Affinity with those prescrib'd in the Alcoran They are generally very obliging to such Strangers as chance to Land on their Coast but Stealing is so common a practice with them that one is obliged to be constantly upon one's guard They Live for the most part upon what they catch when they go a Hunting and their Bread is made of Millet they having no great store of Rice or Wheat But I will not pretend to enlarge my self here upon their manner of living others having sufficiently acquitted themselves as to this part before me and as I have taken a resolution to deal with the utmost sincerity in all respects so I will confess ingeniously that I had not sufficient opportunity to inform my self fully concerning all matters relating to this people we not staying here any longer than was absolutely requisite for the providing us with necessary refreshments For after a stay of 12 days the Wind being favourable we weighed Anchor and put again to Sea but before we lost sight of the Shoar we were becalmed for some days during which time we diverted our selves with Fishing but especially with catching of Requins which the Portugueses call Tuberos of whom we took a considerable number The Fish called Requin only to have the satisfaction of selling them they being seldom made use of but in case of the greatest extremity because their Flesh is extreamly hard and scarce digestible There are some of them of that bigness as to be able to swallow a Man the Females bear their Young ones in their Bellies without the least appearance of any Spawn I have found a dozen Young ones at a time which being cut out of the Bellies of the Old ones were a Foot and half long and much better to Eat than the great ones There are also several other sorts of Fish catch'd betwixt the two Tropicks and among others those call'd by the Portugueses Bonites Bonites a very delicious Fish and one of the best in those Seas The flying Fish are to be met with here in great numbers flying- flying-Flying-Fish resembling both in shape and bigness our Herrings their Wings being not unlike to those of a Flittermouse They cannot make use of them unless they be wet which makes them continually plunge themselves in the Water It is the most surprizing thing in the World to see them in so prodigious numbers if it be consider'd that they are surrounded in both the Elements by their Enemies who gives them but little rest whereever they meet with them for the Birds continually persecute them in the Air and when they seek for refuge in the Water the Bonites who have a great antipathy against them devour them so that whereever they are they are never secure against their Enemies We pass'd the Equinoctial Line about 3 Weeks after our departure from Cape Verd and about a Month after the Tropick of Capricorn Hitherto we had met with no considerable disaster during our whole Voyage but now the Golden-Eagle being destitute of fresh Water we were fain to share ours with her and the next following Night were separated from one another by stress of Weather But the worst of all was that our Ship sprung 3 days after another Leak which let in the Water in such a quantity as to make us sufficiently sensible of our imminent danger of being inevitably lost we being at too great a distance from any Shoar to entertain the least hopes of escaping the danger but we had once more the good Fortune to find out the Leak and by applying speedy and effectual Remedies against the evil that a few Hours before threatned our destruction the hopes of Life began to resettle our disturbed Spirits which the fear of our approaching cruel Fate and the constant fatigues had almost robb'd us of before But we were for a considerable time afterwards pestered by contrary Winds so that we did not come within sight of the Isle Dauphin called by the Portugueses St. Laurence and by the Natives Madagascar under the 26th Degree of the Southern Latitude till 7 Weeks after we had pass'd the Tropick of Capricorn on the West-side which did not a little surprize our Pilates who

believed to have been on the East side of it We were put to no small trouble and endur'd great fatigues before we could double the Southern Cape of this Island by reason of the contrary Winds It was then that Distempers began to reign among our Ships Crew two thirds of them being disabled by the Scurvy this is that so much dreaded Sea-plague which the French Sea-Men call the Evil of the Land because it is from thence alone they expect the cure of this dreadful Distemper There were very few of the whole Ships Crew who had not their share of it and this joyned with the continual fatigues occasioned by the fury of contrary Winds put us almost in despair as being bereaved of all hopes of reaching the Shoar if Providence had not delivered us again by Miracle For the Wind wheeling about all upon a sudden we came 3 Weeks after we had first discovered the Shoar of Madagascar in sight of the Isle of Burbon otherwise called Mascareigne having not lost above 3 of our whole Crew yet we were 4 days longer before we could reach the Shoar where we cast our Anchors directly opposite to one of the French Plantations called St. Paul Situate on the West-side of the Island the first thing we had to do was to take care of our Sick Men who were brought on Shoar where we lost 2 more of our Men one being Drowned and the other expiring so soon as he was set on Shoar CHAP. III. Of the Isle of Burbon otherwise called Mascareigne THO' I am sufficiently sensible that several others before have given a particular Description of this Island I will nevertheless relate here what I have been an eye witness of pursuant to my intention This Island is Situate under the 21st Degree of Southern Latitude The Isle of Burbon described 150 Leagues distant from the Isle Dauphine It s Circuit is of about 22 French Leagues and its figure almost circular The French have settled themselves there for above these 40 Years and there are not the least Footsteps to be found of any people having Inhabited this Island before that time What the Ancients have been perswaded about the Torrid Zone to be Uninhabitable is sufficiently contradicted by the experience of our Modern Travellers the Air being not so excessive hot as has been imagined in those parts because the heats occasion'd by the near approach of the Sun are allayed by the cool Rains that fall in the Night-time It never Rains here but towards the end of April or the beginning of March about which time the Hurricanes being so frequent on this Coast Ships cannot approach much less ride at Anchor without great danger the Island being destitute of safe Harbours From the time of the first Establishment of the French in this Island 'till our Arrival there has not been one instance that Travellers who came to this Island were ever troubled with any Distempers on the contrary 't is very rare but such as are afflicted with different Diseases are restored to their Health in a little time Is Healthful fourscore of our Ships Crew can verifie this by their own Experience they having all been recovered in 10 or 12 days This Island is watered by a great many small Rivers abounding in Fish to that degree that if you intend to wade through them which you may do for the most part with ease you must provide your self with a good Stick to lean upon for fear of being carried away by the vast number and swiftness of the Fish which you may catch at pleasure with your Hands without any Lines or Hooks The French call the Northern Coast of this Island the Burnt Country because that in the Night-time there constantly issues Fire out of the Ground which tho' it vanishes in the Day-time yet renders these Plains quite Barren It s Fertility and Fruits and unfit for use But on the opposite side there is a great Tract of Ground which the French call the Beautiful Country this having been Cultivated with great Industry produces several sorts of Fruits Grain and Herbs in abundance Here you have most excellent Water-Melons which the Indians call Patequas and the Portugueses Balancias they exceed our European Melons in bigness their peel is greener they 're much tenderer nothing in the World is more proper to quench ones Thirst they being of a most agreeable re●●sh and you may eat as much of them as you please without the least danger to your ●●ealth The Bananas or Indian Figs Bananas or Indian Figs. are no less plenti●●l here and of a most delicious Taste The Tree 〈◊〉 stalk on which they grow is different from ours 〈◊〉 seldom grows above 8 or 10 Foot high without any Branches quite on the Top of the Trunk ●●ere sprouts out a single bunch or cluster of the ●●ickness of a Man's Arm and about 3 Foot long ●●und which the Bananas hang like Grapes The ●ruit differs as well in Colour as in Taste and ●●gness The least of these Figs are about 3 In●●es long and 2 in circumference the biggest are ●●ar a Foot long their Skin grows yellow as they ●●ipen and nevertheless some of them remain always Green their Peel is pretty thick not very ●●ose to the Pulp which is very White and of an ●dmirable Taste and the Tree bears this Fruit all 〈◊〉 Year round The Ananas don't grow so plentifully The Ananas but are ●uch finer than the Bananas they are of an Oval ●●gure coming near in bigness to our Melons their Colour inclining to yellow and their Skin is ●ot unlike to the Pine-Apple on the Top of the ●ruit grows a certain Green knot resembling in ●●ape a Coronet which together with its excellent flavour has given it the name of the King of Fruits it is very hot consequently dangerous to ●e eaten in great quantities but when it is used it 〈◊〉 eaten with Wine and Sugar it produces no ●eed being propagated by cutting off the small ●prouts which come forth at the bottom of the ●talk which by Transplanting grow to the height of an Artichoak bear but once and but one single Fruit at a time The Banana Tree is Transplan●ed in the same manner There are many sorts of other Fruits to be found in this Island too many to be inserted here The first Colony that was erected here by the French is called St. Paul it is Situate on the Weste●● Shoar of the Isle near a great Lake not above 〈◊〉 Hundred Paces distant from the Sea This Lak● affords great store of most excellent Fish and 〈◊〉 Water is very wholsome and good to Drink 〈◊〉 often as the Hurricanes rage upon these Coas●● the Sea commonly swells to that degree as to ●●verflow the Ground which divides this Lake fro● the Sea and consequently mixes its Salt Wat●● with the Fresh of the Lake but as these Hurr●●canes are seldom of any long continuance so 〈◊〉 Water soon recovers its former sweetness It

to refresh themselves and to seek for a place of Retreat among Strangers is very chargeable and seldom granted but under very strict Limitations and consequently ought not to be relied upon nor to be made use of but in case of necessity These places will also afford another considerable advantage which is that such Persons that have lived there for sometime may be carried with much better prospect to the Indies than these who but lately were brought out of Europe forasmuch as they being already accustomed to the heats of the Climate their constitution must needs be more agreeable to the Climate of the Indies I would advise to carry to the Indies no other but Secular Priests the rest being generally Ambitious and too much addicted to their own Interests and always intermeddling with State-Affairs and such other Matters as have not the least affinity with the Character they ought to bear in the World I would have this Company take this for a Maxim in their Colonies One Nation one Religion The Dutch mixed with the French and the Hugonots with the Catholicks did never live in a good Union We are obliged for this to the Piety of Lewis le Grand that in France there is now but one and that the true antient Religion neither see I the least reason why the French should have any occasion to make use of strangers in their Colonies in the Indies I am well assured that the French are alone in a capacity to live under what Climate soever They Inhabit a Country surrounded by the Spaniards Portugeses English and Dutch who have establshed themselves under the Torrid-Zone in the Indies and in America To give the French their due there is not a more Civiliz'd Nation in the World their Manners and Conversation being look'd upon as most agreeable to Introduce themselves in all places Besides which they are very Populous Brave and Daring which makes them have an easie access wherever they come I appeal to experience the kind Reception they met with in the Empire of the Great Mogul of Calicut Siam and other places in the Indies of late years are so many convincing demonstrations that these Princes received them in their Territores with a more than ordinary satisfaction Care ought to be taken that some Persons may be sent into Japan to undeceive that Prince concerning the wrongful opinion the Japoneses are preposess'd with in prejudice of the Catholick Religion And all opportunities ought to be courted to get footing in this as well as the Chinese Empire But it ought to be observed that the persons intrusted with these Negotiations in these two Empires as well as in the other parts of the Indies ought to be men of Experience and Authority These as well as all other publick Affairs of Consequence ought not to be left to the management of Merchants as it is in Holland where Merchants have a great share in managing Affairs of state and the Courts of Justice and consequently are better qualified for such business than those of France Care ought to be taken that from time to time Envoy's may be sent to those parts who may relieve one another and that they may be provided with good Yearly Salleries which must be paid them exactly without being pinch'd in their Allowances by those who have the management of the Treasury in their hands For if Persons in such a Station find themselves neglected they will be sure to lose no opportunity to retrieve themselves at any rate It is also absolutely necessary for the Company to have a Certain City both in the East and West-Indies which lying as near as can be in the Center of the French Colonies must be the residence of the Generalissimo's each in his respective place The Cities ought to be of an Advantagious situatition both in respect of their Fortifications and the conveniency of their Harbours The Isle of Madegascar ought to be considered as the chief place of Retreat for such Ships of the Company as Sail to the East-Indies I am absolutely of opinion that the first project made in France concerning that Island ought not to be laid aside but is to be pursued to all its intents and purposes For besides that it is not for the Honour of France thus to abandon an Enterprise which they look'd upon as so advantagious to the Nation The situation of this Island its Products and Riches are sufficient Invitations for us to establish our Colonies among them It ought to be taken into Consideration that this Island lies betwixt the two Indies there is as good a Road near Fort-Dauphine and in the Bay of Antogil Beef there is in such plenty that we have taken forty Thousand Oxen at a time after we had defeated one of their Grands Wild-Fowl Fish Fruits Grapes Honey and Wax it produces in great abundance and the very Mountains bring forth good store of Rice Their Waters are excellently good and the Ground is very Rich and Fruitful There is not the least question but that if the Grounds were carefully cultivated they would produce very good Wheat and the Grapes might be brought to maturity But if it were otherwise Wheat may be easily Transported thither from Suratte from the Coast of Malabar and Coromandet where it is very Cheap The defect of good Wine might be easily supplyed from the Canary Islands where it costs not above four Pence a Pint and a Pint considering its strength will go further than a Quart of French Wine besides that this Wine gows better by keeping it being much finer after it has lain four years than it was at the first It would also be no difficult matter to transport thither of our Grave Wine Persian and Goat Wines and as much Brandy as they have occasion There is scarce any Commodity which the Europeans are Masters of in Africa America and Asia but what you meet with in the Isle of Madagascar They have Pepper a sort of Nutmegs and Clove-Trees all sorts of Gums Riches of Madag●scar Spices Sugar Tobacco precious Stones Silver and Gold I cannot be persuaded that what the Natives tell us is true to wit that what Gold they have was brought into the Island by some Ships which Casually came near that shoar whereof some perished thereabouts there being scarce a Man or Woman so mean but what have some Golden Ornaments about them not to mention here the Treasures hoarded up by their Grands which they never touch but in case of the greatest extremity and seems to be a convincing argument that there are some Gold Mines in this Island The Sieur de la Case was not ignorant of this advantage and Monsieur de la Milleray was so well convinced of the Riches and true Value of the Products of this Island that he would never part with his right while he lived The Sieur de Caron got once into his possession a piece of Amber-Greese weighing Eighteen-Ounces There is a Prodigious quantity of Silk

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

by the Portugueses 〈…〉 of Daman who remain in possession of it to this day it is about 20 Leagues from Suratte and 80 from Goa it is not very large but strong and neatly kept the Streets are not Paved but very straight and regular The Houses are all handsome Buildings and the Churches very Magnificent especially the Parish Church and the Chappel of the Charitable Society Besides which there are 4 others belonging to the Jesuits to the Jacobin and Austin Friar● and to the Recollects The Inhabitants of Daman are look'd upon as the best Horse-Men in the Indies It● Inhab●tan●s they having once defended themselves with great bravery against an Army of the Great Mogul consisting of 40000 Men who had Besieged the place This Government is one of the most considerable the Portugueses are Masters of in these parts He that was Governour there at that time was one Manuel Furtado de Mendoza a Bastard Cousin German of the Portuguese Vice-Roy The River washes the Walls of the City where there is a very safe Harbour for Ships unless it happen sometimes that by the violence of the Current occasion'd by the overflowing of the Waters they are sometimes forced from their Anchors if they be not carefully look'd after The City lies not above a good Cannon Shot from the Sea side and on the opposite Shoar of the River is the Fort of St. Jerom The Fort of St. Jerom. which is a great addition to the Strength and defence of Daman for which reason it is that the Portugueses are more careful of this Fort than of any other they are Masters of in the Indies they not allowing any Negroes to be received among the Soldiers of the Garrison which always consists of 400 Men at least Every one of these are obliged to lie every Night within the Fort and if any one chances to do otherwise without special leave from the Governour who never grants it but upon extraordinary occasions they lose their Pay for that day for the first offence and the second time they are Cashier'd The Governour of this Fort has no dependance on the Governour of the City they are never above 3 Years in the same post a Custom observed by the Portugueses with all the rest of their Governours The Air about Daman is very pleasant and the principal Inhabitants of the City pass the greatest part of the Year at their Country Houses CHAP. XIX Concerning our stay at Daman NOT long before my Arrival at Daman the Sieur de St. James Son of a French Physician and another young French Man were Married there The last of these two had Married the Bastard Sister of a Lady of Quality called Donna Petronilla de la Cerda who after she was a Widow had Married a person of the first Rank among the Portugueses The Sieur de St. James had Married the Daughter of this Lady whose Name being Donna Rosa de Mello was in all respects answerable to her Youth and Beauty I having heard much talk of them at Suratte I thought my self under an indispensible obligation to pay them a visit But the first thing I did was to deliver my recommendation to the Rector of the Jesuit College who receiv'd me with all the Civility imaginable and conducted me to the Governour who after he had treated me according to his Quality proposed to me to stay at Daman where there was at that time no other Physician but some Pagan Indians whose Practice consisting only in a few Receipts they apply them indifferently to all Patients I return'd his Compliment desiring some time to consider of the matter and the Rector of the Jesuits observing my inclination to Travelling to be more prevailing with me than the Prospect of present advantages urged me to accept of the Governour 's offers assuring me that he would make use of all his interests for my further advantage The next following day I paid a visit to my two Country-Men of whom I spoke just now they were overjoyed to see me and Treated me with a most Magnificent Collation in the mean while the Sieur de St. James had spoke in my behalf to his Mother-in-law to desire her permission to let me Lodge in their House which she having easily granted they had without my knowledge sent for my Trunks so that when after some Hours stay I was going to take my leave they intreated me to accept of their House which at their reiterated intreaties I could not refuse to my two generous Country-Men I was not ignorant of the Custom of the Portugueses with whom you can scarce meet with sufficient circumspection in respect of the fair Sex I did not as yet mention one word concerning their Ladies but the next day they were the first that mentioned and proposed a visit to them I seem'd to be careless in the matter and having spent the greatest part of the day in visiting some of my Patients in the City at my return towards Night they introduced me to them in their Apartments where I entertained them with the same freedom as we do in France whereat they seem'd not at all displeased They did ask me many Questions which I answered as well as I could and Donna Petronilla Addressing her Discourse to me above the rest we did not part till late at Night I did not fail afterwards to visit them at least once a day and Petronilla treated me always with more than ordinary Civility She was of about 39 years of Age notwithstanding which she had sufficient Charms being of a very pleasing Aspect of an admirable Shape delicately featured and agreeable in all respects she had a very lively Eye and her Humour was the sweetest and most Complaisant in the World We diverted our selves together for some Hours every Night and I must confess that I never passed three Weeks more pleasantly than these in all my life time CHAP. XX. Of Trapor DOnna Petronilla's Seat was at Trapor she being only come to Daman about some particular Business she was to be at home with her Husband before Easter and desired me to conduct her Home being not above 10 Leagues from Daman Having first asked the Governour 's Leave I accepted of their kind offer and Travelled with their whole Family towards Trapor On the Monday of the Holy Week we laid at a place called Danou a Lordship belonging to the Eldest Son of Donna Petronilla near to this is the Mountain called the Picque of Danou resembling in shape a Sugar Loaf which lying betwixt Suratte and Bassaim serves for a guide to the Ships that Sail near this Coast there is here a small River which bears no Ships of any Burthen but only some small Craft Donna Petronilla's Husband met us at Danou and received me with all imaginable Civility and the Wednesday following we came to Trapor or Tarapour This is a small City Built on the Sea side half ways betwixt Daman and Bassaim belonging to the Portugueses who have here

you are obliged to make very deep Incisions and sometimes to take away a considerable quantity of corrupted Flesh and Matter which not only loosens the Teeth but also often makes them fall out This Distemper discovers it self also frequently by certain black Spots Its Symptoms and Signs which appear upon the Arms Legs and Thighs and last of all over the whole Body and it is to be observed that the broader these Spots are and nearer the Heart the more dangerous is the Distemper This Corruption of the Gums and the breaking out into Blotches is commonly preceded or immediately follow'd by a nauseousness in the Stomach a Laziness by fainting and swooning Fits pains in the Head Arms and Legs and a Looseness but seldom by any Fever I having often observed that the Pulse commonly appears very little declining from its natural State and Motion The Blood being for Reasons above-alledged rendred thick and terrestrious do's not circulate freely in the lesser Vessels which are spread in the Gums the extremities of our Bodies and all over our Skin so that its motion ceasing in those parts they are depriv'd of their usual supply of Spirits what wonder is it if the coagulated Blood go's into a Corruption from whence proceed those Tumors and Blotches And as the said Corruption is augmented in proportion and communicated to other parts the circulation of the Blood is by degrees also obstructed in the larger Vessels from whence proceed those violent Symptoms but especially those frequent Swoonings which are commonly the fore-runners of Death To prevent this Evil so destructive to Mariners Precaution against the Scurvy the Officers to whose management the Ship is committed ought before their Embarquement to take effectual care that their Ships be Victuall'd with good and sound Provision that the Biscuits be not mouldy or the Victuals tainted which is too frequently practised to the great detriment of the whole Ships-Crew when either the Captain dares not contradict those who have the Victualling of the Ship or when out of covetousness he shares with others the Profits arising by this Malversation When they are out at Sea the Officers belonging to the Ship ought to be very careful to have her kept 〈◊〉 neat and clean to cause her to be well swept and wash'd with Sea-Water every day and to be sprink●'d and sweetn'd two or three times a Week with good strong Vinegar which purifies the Air and renders it more subtil and thin Each particular Person on board the Ship ought as far as is possible provide himself with the Juice of Citrons Limons Ros solis preserv'd and dry'd Fruits but especially with good Store of Prunes to abstain as much as can be from all sorts of Meat which are in the least tainted from Salt-Flesh and Fish unless they be well fresh'd out to feed much upon Rice Barley and Prunes drink Wine mix'd with Water and not to abstain from drinking if you be thirsty unless it be in case of the highest necessity to change frequently your Linen and to wash often your Mouths and the whole Body to cleanse it from all the Filth and ill Scents which are engendred by the continual Sweats and which hindring the insensible Transpiration do not a little contribute towards the production of the Scurvy But if a body be already seiz'd with this pernicious Disease which will soon appear by the swelling and blackness of the Gums no time ought to be neglected to stop the progress of this Evil which in a little time will spread all over the Body If it be in a plethorick and vigorous Body it will not be amiss to lett a little Blood to facilitate the circulation of the Blood but this ought not to be done in great quantity for fear of impairing the Patient's Spirits who in this Distemper stands in need of all his strength to support him against his Enemy Some days after Remedies against the ●●rvy you may make use of a gentle Purge but above all you ought frequently to apply Clysters if you have conveniency to do it but this is sometimes not to be put in practice by reason of the scarcity of fresh Water on board 〈◊〉 these Ships The next thing you have to do is to mix some good Vinegar or Juice of Limons or Citrons with some Salt wherewith you must carefully wash your Mouth and rub your Gums till they bleed which being nothing but the gross and terrestrious part of the Blood setl'd in these parts ought to be remov'd by these means If the Scurvy appears in its true colours I mea● by the black Blotches upon your Arms Legs and Thighs you must often wash them with warm Sea-Water and rub them soundly till they sma●●● again If you catch any of your Sea-Hogs 〈◊〉 sure to bathe them well with their Blood 〈◊〉 having been found by experience that it has a specifick Quality against this Evil at least to stop its progress which is as much as can be expect●● to be done at Sea it being impossible entirely 〈◊〉 eradicate this Distemper unless it be on sho●● where those who have been seiz'd with it at 〈◊〉 are commonly Cur'd and recover their forme● Health in a little time oftentimes without any other Remedies unless they be brought so 〈◊〉 before they have the good fortune to reach 〈◊〉 Land as to want strength and spirits to overcom● the frequent Swoonings and other violent Symptoms which are often occasioned by the ch●ng● of the Air. But if inspite of all the Remedies the Distemper increases and the Heart begins to be infect● by the malignant Vapours that are convey'd ●●●her from the corrupted parts you must have 〈◊〉 course to such Cordials as are commonly prescrib● in those Cases and of which there is always a sufficient provision made for Ships that are to go upon such long Voyages But above all things 〈◊〉 heed as soon as the Scurvy appears to abstain from any thing that is Salted and if you have no fresh Meat and Fish feed as I said before upon Rice and Barley and I can assure you that if you follow this Rule by being thus careful in your Diet and to drink only a little Wine mix'd with Water this alone I say will stand you in more stead to hinder the further progress of this Evil than all the Cordials are able to do if you don't abstain from Salt Diet and such other Victuals as are not easily digestible and of ill Nourishment It is of great help to those who are afflicted vvith this Distemper to go on shoar in a hot Country or in the Summer Season but if you happen to come to an Anchor in a cold Climate you must take care not to expose them to the cold Air but to keep them up close and very vvarm Svveating being very beneficial and much conducing to the Cure of this Evil especially if back'd by a good Diet such as are all sorts of Meats of a kind Digestion and good