G(iga a Town. 
Pa tans. Town, 
3 2 Travels intû thelNT>lE S. Part III 
hath above two hundred Bourgs and Villages within its Jurifdidion, and 
there is ftore of Lacca to be found therein, becaufe it is gathered in abun- 
dance in the territory of one of its Bourgs called Sindiguera. 
The little Town of Goga is on the other lide of the Gulf, alaout eight and 
twenty or thirty Leagues from Cambaye, It abounds with Bantam and 
Sea-men. 
F at an lies JTiore to the South, towards the great Sea -, it is a great Town 
heretofore of much Trade, and affords ftill abundance of Silk-ftuffs chat 
are made there. It hath a Fort and very beautiful Temple wherein are 
many Marble-pillars. Idoles were Worfliippcd there, but at prefent it 
ferves for a Mo/e^ue. 
The Town of Dm belongs to thé Portuguefe, and lies alio in the Province 
of Guzerat^ fortified with three Çaftles. It ftands at the entry of the Gulf 
of Cambaye to the right hand, in twenty two degrees eighteen minutes Lati- 
tude, and two hundred Leagues from Cape Comonn. Before 5«rr<?f and 
Cambaye came into reputation, it had the advantage of moft of the com- 
merce that at prelbnt is made in thofe two Towns. Its firft Caille was built 
in the Year fifteen hundred and fifteen, by Alba<juer<jue a Vonuguefe. Camffon 
the laft but one of the Mammelukes of Egy^t^ fet on by the King of Guzerat 
icm an Army againft the Tortuguefe, vhich perifhed there. They were not 
then Mafters of the Town, and had no more but the Caftle. 
Sultan Solman Emperour of the Jtrks^ fent and befieged it in the year 
One thoufand five hundred and thrty eight, at the defire of the lame 
King of Guzerat, named Badur (for tiat Country belonged not then to the 
Moguls) and his fuccefs was no better nan that of the Sultan of Egypt. So- 
I'mans Fleet confifted of threefcore aid two Gallies, fix Gallions, and a 
great many other fmaller Veffels fitcd out at Suez in the Red Sea, which 
had on board four thoufand Janijaries^ and fixteen thou land other Soldiers^ 
not to reckon Gunners, Sea-men, and .^ilotes. It parted from Suez in ,7»»^, 
and a Baftia called Soliman who camnanded it, in his paflage Seized the 
Town of Aden, by horrible treacher), and hanged the King of it. 
When this Fleet came before I>i«, : was joyned by fourfcore Sail of Shi^s 
of the Country, and fo foon as the -^orces were put a-fhore, they landed 
fifty pieces of Cannon, wherewith tfey battered the Citadel, which on the 
other fide was befiegea by a Land-rmy of the King of Guzerat. Many 
brave Adions happened during thatSicge. The Governour of the Citadel 
called Silveira a Tortuguefe^ flicw'd fonuch Valour and Prudence, in refift- 
ing the feveral affaults and attacks o the Turks and Indians, that he forced 
them to raife the Siege fhamefully, aid to forfake their Pavillions, Ammu- 
nition and Artillery, to leave abc/e a thoufand wounded Men in their 
Camp, above a thoufand more tha were out a forraging, and fifty pieces 
of Cannon befidcs, which were Seied by the Tortuguefe. 
In this Town of Diu the fo mud famed Stones of Cobra are made, they 
are compofcd of the Allies of buat roots, mingled with a kind of Earth 
they have, and once again burnt \ith that Earth, which afterwards is made 
up into a Pafte, of which thefeSrnes are formed. They are ufed againft 
the ftingings of Serpents and oter venemous Creatures, or when one is 
wounded with a Poyfonous Weaon. A little Blood is to be let out of the 
Wound with the prick of a Nedle, and the Stone applied thereto which 
muft be left till it drop off of felf. Then it muftbc put into Womans 
milk -, or if none can be had, ito that of a Cow, and there it leaves all 
the Venom it hath imbibed-, fc if it be not fo ufed, it willburft. 
Retwixt Broudra and Amedahd, there are two Towns more, of indiffe- 
rent bignefs, the one called Naad, apd the other Matnadebady where many 
Stuffs are made, and the latte furnifhes the greateft part of Guzerat , and 
other Neighbouring Countricwith^ Cotton-thtead. I ftiall treat no more 
here of the other Towns of lis Kingdom, becaufe there being but little 
worth remarking in them, Û difcription would be tedious. It pays com- 
monly to the Great Mogul T^^'cnty Millions five hundred thoufand French 
Z.ïx'wa Year. 
CaH7pfÔH Siil- 
tan o[ E,zyp^. 
Maiinuelukcs. 
Sultan Soli- 
man. 
King of Guze- 
rat. 
Solimans Fleet 
and Army. 
édcn. 
Silveira a Por- 
tU£Uefe. 
Stones of Co- 
Stingings of 
Serpents. 
The Remedy. 
Nnviad and 
M(ti)7adebad 
Towns. 
The Revenue 
of the Province 
of Guzerat. 
CHAP. 
