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and ridiculous Rites and CuHorns. Then he defcribcs 
their Tanks, Grottoes, Gardens, the Fiov^ers and Plants; 
as the Cotton-Tree, Bang, Alluh, (era Spccifick B-rk 
for all Fluxes,) the Senfible Plant, Milk. B'jlhes, Sugar- 
Canes, Tobacco, &c. And laft-Iy, he defcribe^ the Ri- 
ver, and its commodioufneft for' Shipping ihuugh they 
have few Ships of their own, and thofe managed by un- 
skilful Navigators ; nor will the Dutch permit them to be 
taught, leaft they ftiould prove Enemies: And then by 
the w^ay he relates the Story of the late Revolution at 
Bantam ; after which he proceeds t ) delcrioe ihtir Solem- 
nities, on Religious Accounts, their Sp'.Tts and Recreati- 
ons, the Education ot their ChilJren, their Trade, and 
particularly their Jeweilets. Tnen he dTcnbes their Di- 
feafes and ways of curing : by the wav. he mentions 
fome Rarities in the E>jgUJh Fadory , am .ngft: ether Ibme 
Pidgeons, Champore Cccks, White caftirg a little Yellow 
Amadavad' Birds nor does he omit to dcfcribe the Ver- 
min they are troubled with, as, Rats as big as our Pjgs, 
burrowing under Houfes ; Mongoofe, a fort of Ferret; 
Musk Rats; Guianaes; alfo Centipedes, Scorpions, vaft 
Spiders, poyfonous Snakes, Crocodiles : then he defcribcs 
the Parfeys what they are, their worlFiiping the Sun; 
their expofing their Dead to be devoured by Birds, their 
Manner of Living, Their Breeding milk white Oxen and 
Buffalas;and by the w^ay hedefcribes afortofB.rd call'd 
a Columbine, making a Noife like a Bittern : and con- 
cludes this Sedion with an Account of the Ccnvenien- 
cies the Place affords for the Building Ships, as vaft 
Quantities of Timber, Damar, Cair-yarn, befides good 
Flax and Hemp, and Iron from the Mountains oi the 
South, fo that for Trade, no Place in IfiJza can equal 
Surat, In his next Sedion he relates his PafTage from 
Surat to Bomiaim, and thence to Jenea ; by the way he 
defcribes a vaft Turtle orTortoife, and divers other re- 
markable 
