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fame time Summer In the reft of Ceylon , and on the contrary ; 
tha^ in thePlains o( Ceylon there never blow but two forts of Wind, 
North and South i but that about the higher parts of Columbo and 
Gale^^c. the Land- winds reign in the night ^ and the Sea^winds 
in theday*time5 p, 
Thzt'mP attar apalli^ one of the Provinces ofjafnapatnam^ 
the Elephants by the flrength of their Body bear down every year 
abundance of wild Palm-trees, when their fruit is ripe, p.ijo. 
27» That in Paletiva^ one of the fmall Ifles near Jajnapatnam^ 
the people catch the wild Horfes there by chafing them into a 
Water-pooljand fo maftering them with noofes : ^.172. 
28. That the Wild JS/^/'Z'f^w^/ are by the tame Females of the 
fame kind as 'twere duckoy'd into a lodge with trap-doors, where 
by huDger^and long wakes, and the difcipline exercifed upon 
them by came Elephants^ they arc at length tamed themfelves. 
2f. That C^j/o» abounds 3 befides i5/^/?A^«if/ and Wild Horfes ^ 
"With Buffalo's, Oxen^Com^ Sheepj^ Moggs^ Goats ^ Dear^ Elks, Wild 
Bores ^ Tygers^ Bears ^ Jackals^ Apes^ Feaeoci^^ INightingales^ Larkj^ 
Snipes^ Partridges^ Pigeons, Ceefe, Crowsy Kites^ Qwls^ Sec, Of the 
Ja€\als this Author laith^ that they are fo greedy after Mans fleih, 
that the Inhabitants are fain to keep their Dead from them by 
covering their Sepulchres with large ftoncs* To which he adds^ 
that their FleQ) is very medicinal f or a Confuaaption 5^. 19851 99* 
30. That there zicSerpents'm Ceylon,^\i\c\\ they call Sea^Serpents^ 
8395 or 10 Ells long ; (I fuppofe he fpeaks of D^//^^ meafure:) 
And others, that catch Mi$e and Kats^ and do no hurt to Mankind; 
As alfo another fort, called Cohres Capellos, the moft venomous of 
all, whofebiteisfaid to be commonly cured by the Stone found 
in the head of the fame Creatare,Iaid upon the wound and purged 
in Milk, 
31. That Ceylm affords divers forts of Precious Stone s^%% Rubies, 
Saphirs, Topajjes, Granats 5 and Mines alfo of Gold^ Silver^ and Iron^ 
but that the Kings of the Ifland will not fuffer the Royal Mettals 
to be digged up. 
32* That the Commodities for Trade in Ceylon, art ^ Stained 
Stuffs^ silkj. Porcelain, Spices^ Camphirsy Amber»grisy Radix Chinee, 
Amphion, Mufeus^Santal, Saltpeter, Sulphur, Lead^ Copper ^Tm,^z. 
So much tor the Philofophical part of this Work: What con* 
cerns the particulars , relating to the proceedings of the Dutch 
in the Eajldtidtes , as to their Trade chere^ and the Acquifitions 
they 
