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This Kingdom was for Come time difquieted by the revolt of Nair-feva-gi Cap- 

 t ain of the King of Pifapours Guardsj After which the young Seva-gi his Son 

 conceiv'd fo deadly a hatred againft the King, that he made bimfelfthe head 



of certain Banditi , and as he was both wife and liberal, he got together fo 

 many Horfe and boot, as made a compleat Army; the Souidiers flqeking to 

 ro him from all parts, for the reporation of his Liberality. And he was juft 

 about to have led them to action, when the King of Vifapom happen'd to 

 dye without Children, io that with little or no trouble he got poliefhon of 

 one part of the Coait of )ffalavar 3 taking Rejapottr, Rafigar, trapaten, Da- 

 fal, and other places. They report that upon his demolHhing the fortifica- 

 tions of Rafigar, he found vail Treaii-.res, which help'd him to pay his Soul- 

 diers, who were alwayes well paid. Some* years before the death of the 

 King, the Queen perceiving no probability of having any Children, adopted a 

 little Boy, upon whom Che bcitow'd all her affections, and caused him to be 

 brought up in the Doctrine of Half s Sect. The King upon his Death-bed 

 caus'd this Adopted Son to be Proclaim'd King ; but Sevargi having a nume- 

 rous Army continued the War, and much difturb'd the Regency of the Queen. 

 At length 'he made the ririt propofitions for Peace j which 'was concluded 

 upon conditions, that he mould quietly enjoy the Territories j which he had 

 fybdu'd, that he mould become Tributary to the King, and pay him the half 

 of all his Revenue. The young King being thus fix'd in his Throne, the Queen 

 Regent went in Pilgrimage to Mcgca$ and I was at Ifpahan, when me pals'd 

 through the Town in her return home. 



When I made my fecond Voiage to Goa 3 I embark'd in a Dutch Veflel caJl'd 

 the Mdcftricht, which carry 'd me to MingreLi, where I landed the eleventh 

 day of Janttary, i6^.S. 



Minjrela is a large Town, extended half a League in length upon the Sea, 

 in the territories of ^ifafottr. It is one of the belt Roads in all India, where 

 the Hollanders take in {'rem Provisions every time they fail to block up Goa y 

 as alio when they are bound upon Trade for many other parts of India, For 

 at Mingrela there is both excellent Water, and excellent Rice. This Town 

 is alio very famous for Cardamoms, which the Haitern people elteem the belt of 

 Spices, not being to be had in any other Countrey 3 which makes that fort 

 of Commodity very fcarce and very dear. There 'is alfo made great {tore of 

 cour(e Calecuts, that are fpent in the Countrey 5 befides great quantities of 

 courle Matting, that ferves to pack up goods. So that both in re/pecT of 

 Trade, as alio for the furnifhing their Ships with frefh Provifions, the Hol- 

 Uutkrs have a factory in the Town. For , as I faid before, not only all Vef- 

 feis that come from Batavia, from f.ipon, from Bengal* , CeyUn, and other 

 paces, and thofe that are bound for $*rat t the Red Sea, Ormas 3 Balfara, &c. 

 both going and coming, come to an Anchor in the Road of Mmgrcla\ but 

 2Kb while the Hollanders are at Wars with the Portngals, and lye before the 

 B.rofGW, where they have ufually eight or ten Sail, they fend their fmall 

 Barks to Mmgrcla for Provifions. Lor the Hollanders lye eight Months in a 

 year before the mouth of the Port of Goa 3 ib that there can" nothing pafs in- 

 to G*a by Sea all that time. You mult alio take notice, that the Bar of Go.* 

 is alfo ftopt up lbrne part of the year by the Sands which the South and 

 Weft- winds that precede the great Rains, calt up j fo that there is not a- 

 bove a foot, or a foot and a half Water for very fmall Boats. But when the 

 great Rains come, the Water fwells and carrying away the Sands opens a' 

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