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account of their induftry and cunning, and 

 live very well on their profits. It is here ne- 

 celfary that a merchant mould cut a great 

 figure, fome of them drefs quite in the MooriJJy 

 fafhion, and wear a turban ; others a callot 

 and a velvet cap, with four prominent parts; 

 the brim is two inches high, open behind and 

 before. They have commonly their fhroud 

 from the fepulchre of Christ ready at 

 hand 1, 



The Portugueze are the only Roman catho- 

 lics who live here. It is remarkable, how- 

 ever, that, notwithstanding the feverity of 

 the Portugueze inquifition againfl the Jews, 

 the Jew Kohe?i has the management of the 

 Portugueze affairs at Suratte. 



The French feem to endeavour to re-eftab- 

 lifli their declining trade. Three French ca- 

 puchin friars hired a houfe, and were forced 

 to get their bread as well as they could. Their 

 fuperior father Bonaventura fometimes gain- 

 ed fome final 1 benefactions to the convent by 

 his knowledge of medicine, though he was 

 obliged to give many plafters away gratis. 



1 A confe^ated fhirt perhaps from the fepulchre at Jeru- 

 Jklcm. 



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