A Defcripion of the Coaftr of 
Baldceus. 
rhc City of 
BroLhi-i. 
L:agHes 
P'"'^ Cam- 
Paccapa- 
tane and 
M.ingeroI, 
Brodera, 
About I 2 Leagues to the North of Su- 
rattc lies the City of Brochia about 9 or 
10 Leagues from the Sea, and 21 deg. 56 
min. upon the Pviver Nardabath^ which 
coming down by Decan and Mandouve^ af- 
fords a good Pall'age for Ships, about half 
way from the Sea towards Brochia^ the 
pallage being ftopt up there by a Sand- 
bank, which has not above 9 or 10 foot 
Water, The fituation of this City is 
both very convenient and pleafant, upon 
a Hill, being fji rounded by a ftrong ftone 
Wall: This place is famous for its Ma- 
nafadories of Linen and Cioths, of 
wisich they make more here than in any 
ether place of the Indies ', and they have 
the beft v^^ay of whitening the firft. The 
Malahars ufcd formerly to come hither 
every Year with 9 or £o Ships. The 
Bui do and En'A'-lh have had their Fadto- 
ries here a conliderable time ago. Its In- 
habitants are for the moft part Benjans^ 
who are very expert in managing the Li- 
nen Manufachiry : The two Suburbs of 
the City are chiefly inhabited by Callico- 
weaversand Merchants^ Brochia is rec- 
koned to contain 87 Villages in its Ter- 
ritories, the Country round about being 
all low Grounds, except that about five 
or fix Leagues to the South- Eaft the 
Mountains of Findat have their begin- 
ning, which are very rich in ^chat/tens. 
All Merchandizes paffing through Brochia 
pay 2 per Cent. Cuftom. 
Go£a is a fmall City feated in the Bay 
of Cambaja^ where it grows fo firreight, 
that it rather refembles a River than an 
Arm of the Sea : It has neither Walls 
nor Gates to the Land- fide, but is defend- 
ed by a Hone Wall towards the Sea. Here 
all the Ships defigned for Arabia., and the 
Southern parts (by the Merchants of 
Cambaja and Jmadabath) are careen'd 
and vidua ll'd, there being a fafe Road 
here, tho f^^mewhat fhallow : Here alfo 
the Portugusfe Convoys ufed to keep their 
flation, to exped the coming of their 
Merchantmen. 
There are befide^ thefe feveral other 
Places of lefs note belonging to this Pro- 
vince, as Pattapatane^ Mangerol ( men- 
tioned by fome under other Names) the 
Inha!>itants whereof live upon Husbandry, 
and managing of Cotton Brodera anin- 
Lind Town, inhabited by Husbandmen 
and Clothier? the Company ufed to keep 
fome Factors there,to buy upcoarfe Cloth 
far the ^Ai-ah/ans and Ethiopians. Not to 
mention here its FortifKations, Gardens, 
Tomb:',, &c. 
A f;vnadabath was for its pleafant fituation 
fometimesj honoured vvitb theRefidenceof 
its Kings, but is fince come to decay to 
that degree, that it is no more than a poor 
Village now. We will alfo make mention 
only of Nariauj Wajfet (a very antient 
Caftle) Ijfempour.^ Batona., and their Pro- 
duds^ fuch as Indigo, Saltpeter, Borax.^ 
^fa Foetida, Amfion or Opium, Cummt 
Lacen, and divers other Commodities. 
But before we leave the Province of 
Gufuratte^ and take our way thence o- 
ver Dm, Daman^ &c. to Goa, and fo to 
the Malabars j we muft fay fometbing of 
itsTraffick. It is beyond all difpute that 
theTraffick of Suratte^ and adjacent Pla- 
ces, is of great confequence, provided 
there be no want of ready Mony, and 
the management thereof be committed to 
Perfons of underflanding. I remember 
that the College of XVII give thefe fol- 
lowing By rules to their Fadors : To in- 
form themfelves of the Conftitution and 
Manners of the Inhabitants,what Commo- 
dities are vented, and beft to be vented 
there ^ who, and how potent our Ene- 
mies are i what Religion and Coin is moil 
regarded, and the true fituation of the 
Place where they fettle, in refped to its 
Northernor Southern Latitude. Certain it 
is, that the Inhabitants of the Province of 
Cufuratte zxt a. cunning and fettled Ge- 
neration, who muft therefore be managed 
with dexterity, and much refervednefs, 
mix'd v/ith a becoming gravity and out- 
ward fplendor, wherewith thefe People 
are much taken, yet without ever at- 
tempting to lord it over them, a thing 
which after has proved detrimental, if 
not deftrudive to the Undertakers, it 
is to the wife Condud of our Forefathers 
that we are obliged for the Ellablifhment 
and Improvement of our TrafFickat Su. 
ratte •, where our Fadory was no fooner 
fettled, but we fsnt from thence 1524- 
Jan. 10. our firft Shipcall'd the Heufden^ 
along the Coaft of Melinde and Soffala.^ 
and thence to the Cape of Good Hope^ and 
fo to Holland, 
This was follow'd the fame Year, i z 
March., by another call'd the Peuca., but 
was forced to winter on the Coaft of Co- 
romandel. Thefe were foUow'd 1625. 
April 1^. by the Ship the City of Dort., 
and the Wefop Yacht, but were obliged 
to winter in the Ille of St. Maurice. In 
the Year 1626. the following Ships were 
fent to Holland., taking their way through 
the South Sea, viz.. The Golden Lton, 
Walcheren^ SindOrange. 1628. The City 
of Don was fent thence to Holland through 
the Straits of Madagafcar., along the Coaft 
of Fujfalia. 
Our 
Traffick, of 
Gulurac- 
ce. 
