14. Portuguese Losses in the Indian Seas (1629-1636).! 
By F. Cotta. 
Communicated by the Rev. Fr. H. Hosen, S.J. 
_ The recent exploits of the ‘‘ Emden ’’ in our Eastern waters 
give some sort of actuality to a catalogue of the losses of the Portu- 
guese in the Indian Seas between 1629 and 1636. Their worst ene- 
mies were the Dutch, who inflicted the fatal blow on Portuguese 
enterprise. By adding up the actual figures given in the list, 
the totals work out as follows: 1499 men lost, 155 ships des- 
and over 7,500,000 xerafins® lost. The 
_, 193. So it was the many Captains and Governors. who 
either blinded by their ambition or tempted by the devil to 
ae the holy zeal of the Princes,’ forgot the chief and 
st aim,® that were the cause of these calumnies’ and of the 
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