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to the whole Ship as to themfelves. For they made great Buckets of the Skins s 

 four Skins to a Bucket, which being let down from the Malts with Pullies, 

 through certain great Holes which were cut in the Deck., drew up a vaft quan- 

 tity of Water. The fame day the violence of the Tempeft continuing, there 

 fell three Thunderbolts into the Ship. The firft fell upon the Bokfprit, and 

 fplit it quite in two j and running along upon the Deck kill 'd three men. The 

 fécond fell two hours after, and kill'd two men, mooting along as the other 

 did from Head to Stern. The third follow'd prelently after, the Mafter, the 

 Mafters Mate,and my felf ftanding together near the main Mask. At what time the 

 Cook coming to ask the Mafter whether he fliould take up the Victuals., the Thun- 

 derbolt took him in the lower part of his Belly, made a little hole,and took off 

 all the Hair as clean as they drefs a Pig with hot water and Rofm, without doing 

 him any more harm. Only when they came to anoint the little hole with Oil 

 of Coco's, he roar'd out through the (harpnefs of the pain which he endur'd, 

 The twenty-fourth of fttne in the morning, we difcover'd Land ; and ma- 

 king toward it, we found our felves before Ponte de Galle, the firft Town in the 

 Ifland of Ceylan, which the Hollanders had taken from the Portugais. From 

 thence to the Road of Majlipatan we had very good weather ; where we ar- 

 riv'd the fécond of fulj, an hour or two after Sun-fet, There I went afhore, 

 and was molt civilly treated by the Butch Prefident, and Merchants, as alio by 

 the EngUJh. 



The eighteenth and nineteenth of fme, the Sieur Dh Jardin and I, bought us 

 two Pallckfs, and fix Oxen to carry our lelves, our Servants, and our Luggage. 

 Our defign was to have gone direftly to Golconda, there to have fold the King 

 a parcel of long Pearls, the leaft whereof weigh'd thirty-four Carats, and the 

 biggeft thirty-five, with fome other Jewels,the moft part whereof were EmrauWs. 

 But the Hollanders alluring us, that our journey would be to no purpole 3 irt 

 regard the King would buy nothing that was rare, or of a high price, till Mir- 

 gimola, his General and prime Minifter of State, had view'd the Commodity } 

 understanding therefore, that, he was then at the Siege of Gandicot i in the Pro- 

 vince of Carnatica } we reldlv'd to go thither to him. 



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The Road from Maflipatan to Gandicot, a City and Garri\on in the 

 'Province of Carnatica. And of the dealings which the Author 

 had with Mirgimola , who commanded the King of GolcondâV 

 Army. With a dijeourfe at large concerning Elephants. 



TI7E fet forth from Maflipatan the twentieth of fune , about five of the 

 y * Clock in the Evening. 



The next day, being the one and twentieth, we travelPd three Leagues^ and 

 lay at a Village call'd Nilmol. 



The two and twentieth., we travel'd fix Leagues, to Wouhir, another Village $ 

 crolfing the River upon a floating Bridge, before we came thither, 



The three and twentieth, after we had travel'd fix hours, we came to Pate- 

 met, a pitiful Village, where we were conftraiifd to rye three days by rea- 

 fon of the Rains. 



The twenty-feventh, we came to a great Town, call'd Bez*ouart % not being 

 able to travel above a League and a half, becaufe the Road was all overflow'd. 

 There we were fore'd to ftay four days, for the Rains had fo fwelPd the Ri- 

 ver which we were to crofs, that the Ferryman could not govern his Boata- 

 gainft the violence of the Stream. There we alfo left the Horlès which , the 

 King of Perjia fent tothe King of Golconda^ which by that time were redue'd to 



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