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the CMogoly and the two kingdcnrs of Golconda and Vifapouf^ 
and other neighbouring States ; and of all what Nature and Arc 
afford there : viz. Silks j various Cloths , white and painted ; 
Cottcnsfym and unfpun ; Indigo^ Saltpeter^ Spices (Cardamum^ 
Ginger and Pepper Diamonds, Rubies, 1^ ear Is ^Eezoar, Musky 
Sugar; befides fome Drugs , that indeed are found at Suratte^ 
but are brought thither for falefrom other Countries, Sd 
jirmomack^Borax^ Gum-lac, Saffron^ Cumin^ Mirrhe^ Frankin- 
eenfe^ Opium^ Lignum juices, Licorijb^ Caffia, Coffe. To all which 
he hath annexed an account of thfe Cheats ufed in divers of thcfe 
commodities, efpecially in the StlkSyCloths^Cottons, Indigo. 
7. That the penetrance of the powder of Indigo is fu'ch, that 
whilft they are fearfing it, or fee it fearfed, they are obliged e- 
very half hour to drink a draught of Milk to waft it down y 
and that, all this nocwithftanding,they yet often find,that have- 
ing been for nine or ten days together bufie about this work, 
whatever they fpit for fome while, is blewifli. And that the Au- 
thor hath often obferv'd^that having in the morning put an Egg 
^arthefe Searfers, it hath been found in the evening all blew 
within. 
8. That 'tis certain, that the Nutmeg-tree is not plantedjbut 
the fruit of it foAvn by birds}, faid to fwallow the Nutmegs 
whole , and voiding them whole without digeftion , cover'd 
with a vifcous matter ^ whereupon they take root and grow up 
to a Tree. Again,ihat the Birds of paradife eating this fruit, are 
intoxicated therewith, and fall down dead upon the place 5 
whereupon Emmets come and eat off their Iegs,and other parts. 
9. That Sugar being kept thirty years, becomes poyfon.and 
that there is hardly any thing iwre dangerous- than that, when 
eaten of that age. 
10. That the Author affirms to be the firft of Europeans th^t 
hath been in the jDiamond- mines ; of which he faith there are 
four known and noted ones 5 two of them being Rivers, out of 
which thofe precious Stones are gotten,at one of whichJie faith 
he h^th been, as well as in the other two that are in Rocky 
Mountains : Of which two the cnr is at Raolconda in the domi - 
nions of the king of Vifapour \ the other dit Gani6r Coloure in the 
kingdom of Golconda. The tbirdis in the River, at Sommelfour 
or Gcneh^ in the fand of which River, when 'tis fliallow, Dia- 
ttionds arc found. The fourth is in the Jlland of Borro w the 
River 
