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tries above-mentioned 5 and reft perfwaded, that all pofsible en- 
deavours fliall be employed on our parts, to recominend all; what 
fhall thus be propofed by them, to Our Correfpondents, with the 
fame earneftnefs we do our own DiredtionSj fuggefted by feveral of 
our Curious Friends. 
Inquiries for SurattCji 
dnd other farts of the Eaft- Indies. 
T Hough th^fe paries have b^en alreadj diffatchtfor Indh^ajid 
fome of them even received an Anfwer, yet^ hecanfe ''tis alto- 
gether necejjarj , to have confirmations of the truth of thefe things 
from fever a I hands ^ before they be relyedon^ it was thought ra- 
ther to fublifh the Inquiries akne-^ for a more certain and full Infor- 
mation^ than now to joy n fuch Anfwers thereunto, 
1:11^ Inquiries zxtxhtki, as the Relations publifln by Pur cha^^ 
Linfchoten^ and others^ concerning thofe par.s^ have given oc- 
eafion topropofe them. 
1. Whether it be tioe^ that Diamonds and other Precious 
StoneS;) do grow again after three or four yearSj in the fame places 
where they have been digg'd out i 
2. Whether the Quarries of Stone near P^'m/'^jr^, not far from 
Jgrap in the Mogols Dominions^ may be cleft like Loggs, and 
fawn like Planks, to ceel Chambers and cover Houfes there- 
with^ Likewife, Whether about Sadraf^tan, on the Coaft of Co- 
romandcl^ there be a Stone of the like nature, fo as, fetting a 
Wedge upon it, one may cleave it with a Mallet as thick and as 
thin^ as one pleafeth i 
3. Whether upon the fame Coaft of Cormandel^dhom tutu- 
eorin 5 and upon that of Ceylon, at Manar^ and ^afanafatan, they 
fiih P earls ^zs^ood as thofe zhom^Ormu^ ? Whether thofe Pearls 
are the better, the deeper they lie c' What is thegreaieft depth, 
they are known to have been taken at f And whether it be true , 
that fome of the Natives there, can ftay under Water half an 
hour, without any Art 
4. Whether the Iron in Pegu and ^apan^ be far better than 
ours-, and if fo^ what is to beobferved in the melting, forging^ 
and tempering of i.£ < 
5. Whether 
