278 A. D. 16 14. 



' At Daman alfo they have a ftrong caftle, and entirely inhabit the 

 ' place, with a territory of 100 villages. 



' Serra de Bazion, a little fouth of Daman, they are poffefTed of; and 

 ' between it and Chaul, the three ports of Gazien, Banda, and Maia. 



' They likewife poflefs the large city and caftle of Chaul. 



• At Daubul, they have a fadory, but no fort. 



' Goa is their Indian naetropolis, the feat of their viceroy and of all 

 the gallantry of the nation, and the general rendezvous of all their 

 forces. Goa has alfo a large fhare of trade ; and, in fhort, th^re are 

 the ftrong finews that hold together the parts of their eaftern empire. 

 ' At Onor and Barcelor, they have forts, and trade for pepper, ginger, 

 and drugs. They have alfo Mangalor and Cananor, fortified and traded 

 to as the former. 



' And though they are quite fnut out from Calecut, and are befieged 

 at Cranganor, yet they have the ftrong city and caftle of Cochin, with 

 a confiderable trade and a favourable fituation for it. 

 ' They have Coulan, Quilaon, and Taccatra, well fortified, and moft- 

 ly filled with Portuguefe, both laity and clergy. 



' On the great ifland of Ceylon, the ports and forts of Punta de Galla 

 and Columbo are wholely theirs ; and they are dayly increafing their 

 dominion in this ifland, where they have a warm trade for cinnamon 

 and drugs. 



' On the eaft fide of the continent they have a fadory at Negapatan.; 

 and Maliapore, (or St. Thomas) a walled city, is their own. 

 ' Thence to the Ganges, they have feveral fmall refidences, good fac- 

 tories in fome places, and every where fome advantage, that makes it 

 worth their while to fettle there. 



' In the kingdom of Bengal they are pofi!efl"ed of a good town. 

 ' In Pegu they have a fadory, and alfo at Aracan, and upon the river 

 of Martaban. 



* At Junfulao, they have a great fadory, from whence they (hip vaft 

 quantities of tin for the Malabar coaft. 



' At Malacca, they are mafters of the city and caftle, both very ftrong ; 



whereby they command the beft part of the trade of the adjoining 



countries. 



' At Macao, an ifland on the coaft of China, near the mouth of the 



river of Canton, they have a city and caftle, and a -great trade with 



the Chinefe. 



' In Japan, they have no fort nor caftle, but only a fadory ; the wife 

 ' prince of that country (fays our author) keeping them at arms length.' 

 Of all thefe pofleftions, and their prodigious power in India, there re- 

 mains now fcarcely a veftige, except the general ufe of the Portuguefe 

 language in the ports of India. An interefting memento to all other 

 nations. 



