WRECK OF THE SAN RAFAEL. 



CHAPTER XX. 



THE MOORS IN HINDOSTAN — CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY UPON THE ARRIVAL OF 

 D.i. GAM A HOSTILITY OF THE MOORS — THEY PREJUDICE THE KING OF CALI- 

 CUT AGAINST THE PORTUGUESE — CONSEQUENT HOSTILITIES — DA GAMA SETS 



OUT UPON HIS RETURN WILD CINNAMON — A MOORISH PIRATE DISGUISED 



AS AN ITALIAN CHRISTIAN — A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE — WRECK OF THE SAN 



RAFAEL — HONORS AND TITLES BESTOWED UPON DA GAMA AN EXPEDITION 



FITTED OUT UNDER ALVAREZ CABRAL — ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY OF BRAZIL 



COMETS AND WATER- SPOUTS — LOSS OF FOUR VESSELS — A BAZAAR ESTA- 

 BLISHED AT CALICUT — ATTACK BY THE MOORS — CABRAL WITHDRAWS TO 

 COCHIN — VISITS CANANOR AND TAKES IN A LOAD OF CINNAMON — IS RE- 

 CEIVED WITH COLDNESS UPON HIS RETURN VASCO DA GAMA BECALLED 



INTO THE SERVICE BY THE KING — HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AT SOFALA, CANANOR, 



AND CALICUT HE HANGS FIFTY INDIANS AT THE YARD-ARM PROTECTS 



COCHIN AND THREATENS CALICUT — WITHDRAWS TO PRIVATE LIFE. 



Some two hundred years before this time, the Malabar coast 

 of Hindostan was united under one single native prince — named 

 Perimal — whose capital was in the interior. It was at this period 

 that the Arabians discovered India. Perimal embraced the Mo- 

 hammedan religion, and resolved to make a pilgrimage to Mecca 

 and to finish his days there. He intrusted the government to 

 other hands, and embarked for Arabia from the spot where Cali- 

 cut now stands. The Arabians were led by this circumstance to 

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