Chapill. Malabar and Coromandei 
About an hour and a half to the North 
from the Mouth of the River of Suratte 
(named Tap-^yly j is a Road, where Ships 
may ride at anchor near a ridg of Sand- 
banks, which, together with part of the 
Continent, breaks the force of the 
Winds. This Road, commonly call'd 
The chom Chom Suhalt, or Sualicom^ lies at 21 deg. 
o/Suhali. 50 min. North Latitude, extending from 
North- Ealt to North, and again South- 
Weft to South : The entrance of it is but 
narrow, and at high Water not above 7, 
but at low Water fcarce 5 Fathoms deep, 
with a hard Tandy bottom : The North- 
North -Eaft, and South -South -Weft 
Winds make here the higheft Tides. 
The Harbour of Suhali is not above a 
iMusket-fhot broad : The South-South- 
Weft Winds make this Road unfafe, the 
Land-Shelves lying then almoft dry. The 
Engli fh ktxXtdi their Factory there 1609= 
. and the Dwfc/j i6i5. who carry their Mer- 
chandizes upon Waggons drawn by Oxen 
from the faid Road 4 Leagues to the City. 
T/.tffick of It is to the Settlements of thofe two 
Suratcc, Nations, Suratte owes its chief increafe in 
Trade, many rich Merchants and Ar- 
tifans having been drawn thither fince 
that time, who fend their Commodoties 
thence by the Red-Sca to Arabia, Aden, 
Mocha, Hideda, Juda, Mecca^ Chihiry, 
Catziny, Doffcr, and Souakin ( in Ethio- 
pia ) confifting in fine and coarfe Indian, 
Gufuratte, Decan, and Bengalc Stuffs and 
Cloths, Callicoes, Indigo, Sugar, Gums, 
Ginger, Tobacco, Wheat, Rice, Butter, 
and other Provifions, in which this Coun- 
try abounds. Befides that, two or three 
of the King's Ships trade into thefe 
Parts, and tranfport certain precious 
Commodities belonging to fome peculiar 
Merchants and Perfons of the firft Rank ^ 
thefe are generally obliged to the Com- 
pany, for furnifhing them with fome able 
Seamen and Conftables ( the Moors being 
but ill verfed in thefe things ) efpecially 
while they were at enmity with the 
Danes. 
One of the Kings Ships, named Sahy, 
arrived here i5i8. in its return from the 
Rtd-Sea ; the Cargo whereof confifted 
in Coral, Camlets, Sattins, Velvets, 
Woollen and Linen Cloths, Tin, Quick- 
filver, Cinaber, Leather, Saffron, Slaves, 
(both Black and White) Gum Arabic, 
Aloes of Socotora, Amber, Civet, San^ 
gui'S Draconis, Myrrh, Raifins, Almonds, 
Dates, Coffee-Berries, and about fix or 
feven hundred Palfengers returning from 
The Value ^^'^''^"^^'s Tomb at Mecha and Medina ^ 
0/ X Rc- ^'''^ whole valued at 2500000 Ropias, each 
pia. Ropia being about half a Rix-Dollar» 
Thefe Ships fet fail in March and April OwA^o 
for the Red-Sea, and return in September Baldan-. 
or O&ober ; they feldom fpend above 25 'L^'^' 
days in their paflage. The Inhabitants 
ot Goa, Dahul, Baffain, Daman and Diu, 
do alfo fend their Ships to Mocha and 
fome other places in the Red-Sea; 
and the Benjans and Armenians ufed to Tniffak of 
come thence to Suratte in their light Ships ^^'^ 
loaden with all forts of Trifles, which 
they exchange for Wheat, Linen, Rice, 
and CofTee- Berries. 
_ Towards the latter end of the Moujfon, 
"uiz in March and ^pril,ahm'idariCQ of Ma- 
labars refort hither: thefe being mortal T'^c Mala- 
Enemies of the Portuguefes, are commonly ^^^'^ 
well arm'd with Fire-Iocks and Scimeters, STpomi- 
and formerly ufed to be very mifchievous gidcb."" 
to them. The Commodities they bring 
tofaie here, are coarfe Sugar, Cardamon, 
Pepper, andCayr (of which they make 
Cables and Ropes) and Coco-Nuts. 
Formerly the^ Inhabitants of Suratte 
ufed to fend yearly one or two Ships in 
Mayor June (when the Portuguefe Ships 
were in harbour) to Achm, Tanaferi, 
Queda, and the Maldive Iflands, laden 
with Stuffs, and Cloths, and Callicoes ; 
and return'd with Pepper, Camphire, 
Cloves, Nutmegs, Mace, Sandel-wood, 
Porcelain, Chinefe Silks ( brought thither 
by thofe of Malacca) Tin, Benzorn, E- 
lephants Teeth, and Coconuts, the laft 
being almoft the only produd of the 
Maldive Ifles. 
The Men in Power here are generally 
very haughty and fierce ; and the fuffici- 
ently curb'd by the King's abfolute Sway, 
yet by reafonof thediftance of the Pro- 
vinces from his Refidente, commit many 
Enormities^ his Territories bordering 
upon Perfta, Auxva, the River Ganges, 
and Bengale, thence to Decan, and to the 
Weft by the Sea. 
The Province of Gufuratte ( in which ^^^^'^^ 
all the beforementioned Citys lie) ex- 
tends in length from South to Nortli 
it begins at Damana, and reaches 40 Cos 
beyond Amadabath, bordering upon the 
Country of Pathane inhabited by Pagans 
fo that its whole length is 1 80 Cos, or 
po Dutch Leagues : to the Eaft it borders ^""^ ^nd:nn 
upon the Country of Parta Bafta, or at 
leaft within 40 Cos or 20 Leagues of it, ^1% 
extending further Eaftward for three 
days journey towards Amadabath, and to 
the Weft to the Sea, and the Kingdom 
of Suadi, which is divided from Perfta by 
a great Defart. It was a moft fruitful 
and populous Country, before it was re- 
duced by the Great Mogul 
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