i 7 o TOREEN'S VOYAGE, 



The i 6th of September we anchored in the 

 harbour of Suratte, about a Swediflj mile from 

 .the (hore, becaufe the fands prevented our 

 nearer approach. It was fome time before 

 the trade in Swedijh cottons could be fettled 

 with the people of the country. But this 

 was more the fault of the Chriftians than of 

 the Mahometans . Perhaps the owners of the 

 Szvedijh iron, which was already laid up in 

 our neighbours ftorehoufes, could not relifh 

 that which was juft arrived, becaufe it was 

 carried on a Swedijh keel. The old accu- 

 fation of our being pirates, was too ftale 

 to make any imprefhon on the nabob. The 

 Arabians had applied this opprobrious appel- 

 lation to the Portuguese, thefe made ufe of it 

 againft the Dutch, who it is faid employed it 

 againft the Englijh. After feveral efforts, the 

 o-entlemen and Mpie heeren f at laft refpecl- 

 ed his Majefty's pafs, at lead they left us quite 

 at liberty. 



The fea runs commonly very high both in 

 ebbing and flowing at this place, and is full of 



f Mr. Toreen feems to mean the factors of the Englijh 

 and Dutch Eajl India companies here ; Mjne heeren ligni- 

 fies Gentlemen in Dutch. F. 



fea- 



