Pareil. 



the Sea flowing up higher then Daca. Cha-Eft-Kan 3 Uncie to King Aureng- 

 z,eb, the prefent Mogul, and the belt Head-piece that ever was in all his Territo- 

 ries, found out a way to corrupt feveral of the King of Aracarfs Captains, fo that 

 of a iudcien forty Galeafles, commanded by Portugais, came and join'd themfelves 

 with him. To engage more firmly all this new multitude to his fcrvice, he 

 gave a larger pay to all the P<?m^/-Officers, and to the Souldiers proportiona- 

 bly : But thofe of the Countrey had no more than their ordinary pay doubl'd. 

 ; Tis an incredible thing to fee how fwiftly thefe Qaleaffes cut their way in the wa- 

 ter. Some are fo long that they carry fifty Oars of a fide 5 but they have but 

 two men to an Oare : There are fome very curioufly painted, and upon which 

 there is no coft of Gold and Azure fpar'd. The Hollanders have fome of their 

 own to tranfport their Goods ; and fometimes they are forc'd ro .hire others, 

 whereby many people get a good livelihood. 



The next day after my arrival at Daca, which was the 14th of January, I went 

 to wait upon the Nahab ; and prefented him with a Garment of Cloath of Gold, 

 Jac'd with a Gold-needle-work Lace of Point of Spain-, with a Scarf of Gold 

 and Silver of the lame Point ; and a very fair Emrald-Jewel. Toward evening, 

 being returr/d to the Hollander's Houfe, where I lodg'd,. the Nahab fent ine Gra- 

 nates, C^/'/^- Oranges, two Perfian-Mdons, and three forts of Fears. 



The fifteenth, I Ifiewed him my Goods, and prefented the Prince with a Watch, 

 in a Gold-Enamell'd-Cafe ; with a pair of little Piftols inlaid with Silver, and a 

 very fair Profpe&ive-Glafs. What I gave to the Father and the Son, a young 

 Lord, about ten years old, ftood me in above five thoulànd Livres. 



The fixteenth, I treated with him about the Prizes of my Goods : And at length 

 I went to his Steward to take my Letter of Exchange to be paid at Ct.fe.n-Baz.ar. 

 Not but that he would have paid me my Money at Daca; but die Holland ; f, who 

 underftood things better than I did,told me it was very dangerous to carry Mony to 

 Cafer,-Ba^ar,yvh.\thev there was no going,but over the Gs.r.ges by water,the wav by 

 land being full of Bogs and Fers. And to go by water is no lefs dangerous by reafoa 

 that the Boats which they ufe, are very apt to tip over upon the leaft ftorm : And 

 when the Mariners perceive that you carry Money along with you, 'tis an eafy 

 thing for them to overfet the Boat, and afterwards to come and take up the 

 Money that lies but at the bottom of the River. 



The twentieth, I took leave of the Naftab, who defir'd me to come and fee 

 him again, and caus'd a Pals to be deliver'd me, wherein he gave me the title of 

 one of the Gentlemen of his Houfe, which he had done before, when he was Go- 

 vernor of Amadabad, when I went to him, to the Army, in the Province of Decan, 

 into wh'ch the Raja-J ' va-gi was enter'd, as I mall relate in another place. By ver- 

 rue of theft Palîès I could travel over all the Countrey s of the Great Mogul, as 

 being one of his Houlhold. 



The one and twentieth, the Hollanders made a great Feaft for my fake ; ta 

 which they invited the Englijh, and fome Portuguese's, together with the Attftin- 

 Friers of the fame Nation. 



The two and twentieth, I made a Vifit to the Englijh, whofe Prefident then was 

 Mr. Prat. 



From the twenty-third to the twenty-ninth, I bought up Goods, to the value 

 of 1 1000 Roupies ; and after I had embark'd them, I took my leave. 



The twenty-ninth, in the evening, I departed from Daca, the Hollanders bear- 

 ing me company for two leagues, with their little Barques Arm'd : Nor did we 

 ipare the Spanijfh-W'me all that time. Having been upon the River from the 

 twenty-ninth of January to the eleventh of February, I left my Goods and Ser- 

 vants in the Barque at Acerap ; where I took a Boat that carri'd me to a great 

 Village call'd Mirdapour. . 



The next day I hir'd an Horle for my felfj but not finding another for my Lug- 

 gage, I was forc'd to hire two Women, who carri'd it for me. That evening I ar- 

 riv'd at Cafen-Bafar, where I was welcom'd by Menheir Arnold Van Wachttendonk^,, 

 Dire&or of all the Holland-FaRories in Bengala,who invited me to lie at bis Houfe. 



The fourteenth, Menheir Wachttendonk^rttxvctfà to Ouguely, where is the Gene- 

 ral Faftory. . The lame day one of my Servants brought me word that my 

 People and Goods, which I had left behind in the Barque, had been in very 



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