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few afhes. That the W^]go-Merchant is to beware of buying moift 
Indigo^ becaufe he will then find, that in eight days time he loofes 
3 pound in 10 5 that the fame is to try it in'a deer Sun«fhine , by 
breaking fome lumps in pieces , and viewing them well, whether 
he can obferva anything in them that gliftens^ which if he 
does, he may be fure, that there is fand in it , with which it hath 
been fophifticated^ to incrcafe and gain by the weight* But for 
the greater affurance of thegoodnels oi Indigo^ pafi the nail of 
your thumb over the broken pieces , and it will be of a Violet- 
colourj if it begood, and the higher that colour, the better the 
Indigo p. 172. 
184 That the beft falls about -^^'r^, Fettapour, Bajjaune^ 
Kindamn^ but efpecially at Byana ^ all places in the GMogols Do« 
minions: Ibid. 
1 9. That Thea is by the people of China cftccm'd wholefomeft 
when taken fafting,and without Sugar^^i^^ the Dutch ufe it much 
in India for health and chearfulnefs ; that 'tis very diuretical , and 
opening the kidneys, and caufing free refpiration 5 that the beft 
grows in the province of K^angnan in Chind, about the Town Hoci- 
cheu'^thatfV/hen good, the Leaves yield a very pleafing fcent, that 
*cis a VirguUum^ and its leaves very like that, which is called l{hus 
Cmaria^ or Sumach 5 that the Thea of China far excels that of jf^- 
pan s p. 182. 
20* The regiment of Life obferv'd by difcreet Hollanders in 
the Eaft' Indie f ; ibid, 
21, ADeferiptioHof theG««^^/andNi/^5 ib. 
2 2* An ample Defcription of the Ifland of Ceylon^ p. r. of the 
fecond part of this Volume^ Its riches in feveral precious Stones, 
in Elephants^ and principally in Cinnamon and Cardamom > ibid, 
23. That Dutch ^ upon their Maftering the Portuguefesm 
Ceylon ^nd Manaary have reflored the Pearl-fifhing there ^ which 
had been a good while interrupted by the Wars between thefe 
Nations in thofe parts 5 /'.150. 
24. That the Goafl of Manaar is rich in Ft/h' among which 
there are fkore of Caymans^ and a kind of Sea-Calf^ which is Am- 
phibious, and yields Meat, not only far excelling that of Sturgeon^ 
but alfo tailing like Feal-^ and that the Females of them have 
MilkintheirDuggs;/?. 152. 
25. That, when in the Pen-infule of Jafnapatnam (a part of 
Ceylon^) and in the Ifle of Manaar 'tis Winter and Rainy, 'cis at the 
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