6q2 a Dejcripion of the Coafts of 
'--J\^ the South upon M?/^fcdr, upon to thorn at high, and four at low Water: 
^iW^f/tf. theEaft,upontheSeatothe Wefi:,andup- The eighth is callM 5io«rpd, where at 
C'V^ on C^iw^^i to the North i it's divideii into high Water there is fix fathom deep, 
three parts, -v/^. into Cuncan^CatJ ar a and All thefe Rivers belong to the Kingdom 
Ballaguatte, the laft of which is a ridg of rifiapour^ but are for the moll part in 
of high Mountains flat on the top, with the pofTefTion of the Forrw^Kii/cy, who have 
jnofl excellent Paftures, extending even built their Forts upon them: As for in- 
beyond Coa. The next in order is ths llance, at Bombain ( Bombay ) a fpacious 
ne K/n^- Kingdom of rz/Jrfpowr, the length where- Harbour (at iSdeg. 50 min. Noithein 
^om of vi- Qf jg jgp, jj^gj^ 2,50 Leagues, and its Latit.) where Ships may lie fafe at An- 
(jjpoiir. breadth 150. Its Capital City, which chor againlt all the Winds;, here the 
bears the fame Name, lies 70 Leagues be- Portuguefes have built a very fine CaJller, 
yond Goa^ 80 from Dahul^ and is faid (the Draught whereof yo]i may fee ia 
to be five Leagues in CompafS, with ve- the nextCut) which commaBds the whole 
ry ftrong Walls, and five noble Gates, on Road, and was in \66i given in part of 
which are mounted above a thoufandBrafs a Dowry, together with Tangier in the 
{ and Iron pieces of great Cannon j they tell Straits of Gibraltar^ to the Infanta of Por- 
' . : • us, that among thefe there is one carrying tugal^ upon her Marriage with Charles U. 
no lefs than 540 Pound weight of Gun- King of England'^ whereby the Engltjh 
- powder, call by a certain Italian^ a Na- thought to have got a great Booty from 
tive of Rome^ who being queftion'd by thQ Portuguefes, whereas they are in ef- 
oneof the King's Commiitioners concern- fed Places of no confiderable TrafHck. 
ing the Mony he had disburfed upon this The Rivers Dabul^ Radiapour and Cara- 
account, threw him into the fame hole patan, are entirely polfefsM by the Na- 
where he had caft th£ Cannon before, tives. 
Some have reckon'd this City, butcrro- For the reft, this Kingdom abounds in 
neoully, among the Cities of Cambaja, Saltpeter Works. The Royal Palace lies The Royal 
The King The King of rifiapour was formerly ab- «n the Center of the Capital City, de- Palace, 
of vifii- folute Sovereign of this Kingdom, but fended by a double Wall and Ditch, 
po^'" "''^. after a long and heavy War was forced with 100 battering Pieces, andaGarifon 
?/i Great ^'^^ "^^^^^ Princes in thofe parts, of iooo Men the richeft Merchants 
Mogul, to become a Vafial to the Great Mogul : dwell in the Suburbs. The other Cities 
He ufed alfo fometimes to be embroil'd of note of this Kingdom are Cintapour^ 
with the Portuguefcs. a Seaport Town, Raz.apour^ Banda, Raje- 
This Kingdom borders to the South of Inland Cities ; y^rec^ Mirdfy, ^(fa, 
IVingurla upon the River Mirfee, the Tamba and Wtngurla^ where the Hollan- Wingurla, 
Boundary of the Country of Carnatica, dt^rs have a lately Faftory^ it is feated 
in the Territory of Sivipaneyh To the at 15 deg. 7 min. of Northern Latit. a 
i>/i//mVj. North of Wingurla lies the Sea-port of place very confiderable, not only for its 
Danm, the Boundary of the Kingdom plenty in Wheat, Rice, and all forts of 
of rifiapour on the fide of the Empire of Provifions and Refrelhments, but alfo for 
the Great Mogul, about 10 Leagues from its fituation near Goa, which ftood the 
Daman. The River here has 44 fa- in no fmall ftead, whilft they 
thorn Water at high Tide, and i 4. fa- were engag'd in War with the Portu- 
thorn at low Water. The fecond Ri- i^^efes, and had block'd up that Harbour, 
ver is named Terrapour, having at low The Forces of the King of rifiapour con- 
Water half a fathom, and with high Tide Cfts in 150000 Horfe, and 8000 Foot, 
two fathoms depth. The third call'd of which more anon in the Defcription 
Ckw^Tw, has generally two fathoms. The of Negapatan. We will in the next 
fourth call'd Machyn, has 2 -i fathom at place proceed to the Defcription of 
high Water, and half a fathom at low Coa, together with its Origin, and what 
Tide. The fifth Harbour is call'd Quel- afterwards happenM molt remarkable in 
kny j the fixth Bazain ; the feventh Bom- thofe parts, betwixt our Nation and the 
Bombay. ( £owt<j;') where the depth is fix fa- Portuguefes, 
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