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Daman. Basan. Tana. 



Aving passed Diu, I came to the second city that 



the Portugals have, called Daman, situate in the 



territory of Cambaia, distant from Diu an hundred and 



[II. i. 218.] twenty miles : it is no towne of merchandise, save Rice 



and corne, and hath many villages under it, where in 



time of peace the Portugals take their pleasure, but in 



time of warre the enemies have the spoile of them ; 



in such wise that the Portugals have little benefit by 



them. Next unto Daman you shall have Basan, which 



is a filthy place in respect of Daman : in this place is 



Rice, Corne, and Timber to make shippes and gallies. 



And a small distance beyond Basan is a little Hand called 



Tana an Tana, a place very populous with Portugals, Moores, 



Hand whereof 2^^^ Gentiles: these have nothing but Rice, there are 



Odoncus many makers of Armesine, and weavers of girdles of 



.^ wooll and bumbast blackc and redde like to Moocharies. 



Of the cities of Chaul, and of the Palmer tree. 



BEyond this Hand you shall finde Chaul in the firme 

 land ; and they are two cities, one of the Portugals, 

 and the other of the Moores : that city which the Portu- 

 gals have is situate lower then the other, and governeth 

 the mouth of the harbour, and is very strongly walled : 

 and as it were a mile and an halfe distant from this is the 

 city of Moores, governed by their king Zamalluco. In 

 the time of warres there cannot any great ships come to 

 the city of the Moores, because the Portugals with their 

 ordinance will sincke them, for that they must perforce 

 passe by the castles of the Portugals : both the cities are 

 ports of the sea, and are great cities, and have unto them 

 great trafiique and trade of merchandise, of all sorts of 

 spices, drugges, silke, cloth of silke, Sandols, Marsine, 

 Versine, Porcelane of China, Velvets and Scarlets that 

 come from Portugall, and from Meca : with many other 

 sortes of merchandise. There come every yeere from 

 Cochin, and from Cananor tenne or fifteene great shippes 



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