Part III Travels into thel^T>\ES, 17 
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Of Tary. 
TAry is a liquor that they drink with plcafutc iil the Indies. It is dmwh 7>'7- 
from two forts of Pahn-trccs, to wit, from that which they call Cad- 
giour^ and fromthat which bears the Coco-, the bcft is got from the C^^/ioar. cadghur. 
They who draw it gird their Loyns with a thick Leather-girdle , where- 
with they embrace the trunk of the Tree, thltthey may climb up without 
a Ladder -, and when they are come to that part of the Tree from which 
, they would draw the Tarj, they make an incilion one Inch tlecp and three , ', 
Inches wide, with a pretty heavy Iron-Chizel, fo that the hole enters in to {..f .ii 
rhe pith of the Cadgwur^which. is white : At the fame time they fallen an ear- \ .iY.„t. 
then Pitcher half a Foot below the hole, and this Pot having the back part ' ^ 
a little raifed, receives the Liquor which continually drops into it -, whil'fl: " 
they cover it with Briars or Palm branches^ leall the birds fhould come and 
drink it.Then they come down, and climb hot up the Tree again till they 
perceive that the Pitcher is full, and then they empty the Tary into another 
Pot faffenedto their girdle. That kind of Palm-tree bears no Dates, when 
they draw Tary from it ; but when they draw none, it yields wild Dates. 
They take another courlcin drawing that Liquor from the Coco-tree. The coco- tree. 
They make no hole, but only cut the lower branches to a Foot length^ 
They fallen Pots to the end of them, and the Tary Diikih into the Veffels. 
Seeing the Operation I have been fpeaking of is but once a year performed 
on thefe Palm-trees, they whofe Trade it is to fell Tary^ have a prodigious 
number of thefe Trees, and there are a great many Merchants that Farm 
them. The bcft Tary is drawn in the Night-time -, and they who would ufc 
it with pleafure, ought to drink of that, becaufe not being heated by the 
Sun, it is of an acide fweetnels, which leaves in the Mouth the flavour of 
a Cheftnut, which is very agréable. That which is drawn in the day- 
time is eager, and moft commonly made Vinegar of, becaufe it cafily cor- 
rupts and decays. That kind of Palm,or Coco-tree, is fit for many other ufes, ^o''"- 
for of its trunk they make Mafts and Anchors , nay, and the hulks of 
Ships alfo -, and of its bark Sails and Cables. The Fruit that fprings from 
its feathered branches, is as big as an ordinary Melon, and contains a very 
wholefome Juice, which hath the colour and tafte of Whitewine. The 
Dutch have a great many of thefe Coco-trees in Batavia, which turn to great 
profit to them. The Revenue alone of thofe which belong to the Compa- 
ny near the Town^ with the impolition on every Stand of thofe who fell 
any thing in the Market-place, is fufficicnt to pay their Garifon : But they 
are fo rigorous in exa6ling it, that if any one leave his Stand, to take a 
minutes refrefhmcnt in the Rain, or for any other necefiary occalion, 
though he immediately come back, yet muft he pay a fécond time if he 
will challenge the fame Stand. 
At Surratj are fold all forts of StuflTs and Cotton-cloaths that are made Commodities 
in the hdies, all the ComnloditidS of Europe^ nay and of China alfo, as oî Surrat. 
Purceline, Cabinets and Coffers adorned with Torqueifcs, Agats, Corne- 
lians, Ivory, and other forts of embcllifhments. There are Diamonds^ 
Rubies, Pearls, and all the other prêtions Stones which are found in the 
Eaft to be fold there alfo : Musk, Amber, Myrrh, Incenfe, Manna, Sal- 
Armoniac, Qiu'ck-Silver, Lac, Indigo, the Root Rœnas for dying Red, 
and all forts of Spices and Fruits which are got in the 7»</;>^ and other Coun- 
tries of th.t Levant, go off here in great plenty-, and in general all the 
Drogues that Foreign Merchants buy up to tranfport into all parts of the 
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