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A Defcripion of the Coajis of 
Jiirifdidion of the Naik. In the Year 
■ 1 652. I and Lieutenant Herman Eghertfz. 
travelling that way, were feized upon by 
the Inhabitants and committed Prifoners, 
being forced to live without Victuals or 
Drink for a conliderable time ; till a 
certain Inhabitant of Manaar coming 
that way, and knowing me, releafed us 
out of our Captivity. The Cannon of 
the Caftle commands a certain ftrait 
PafTage, which leading to Manaar, Jaf- 
napatnam and Nega^atnam^ the fame may 
be ftopt at pleafure by the Lord of the 
Ifie, by linking only a few Stones in the 
Channel, whereby the Navigation that 
way is at his abfolute difpofal 
Not far from hence is that they call 
AdamS'Bndg, being a Ridge of Sands 
and Rocks extending as far as Manaar^ 
being fometimes paflable in fmall Boats. 
In the defcription of Ceylon, we (hall have 
occafionto fpeak fomething more of this 
j^dams-^xidg, and the Adams-lAoMv\t. 
Certain it is, that the Cingalcfes as well 
as the Siamefes have fome knowledg 
of j4dam J for the laft fliew you the print 
of a Foot (faid to belong to the firft 
Man) in a rocky Mountain of a yard and 
Foot fliewn a half in length, three quarters broad, and 
'Strait 
wider the 
Cafk of 
the IJle. 
A dan I 's 
Erh-fg. 
AdamV 
by the Si 
amefcs. 
The Holy 
Witter, 
a quarter deep, edged round about with 
Silver, near which is built a moft mag- 
nificent Temple, much frequented by the 
Siamefe Priefts, and other Inhabitants 
of the circumjacent Country \ it being 
their Opinion, that the leaft drop of the 
Water gathered in this Print of the 
Foot, and droppM upon their Heads, 
cleanfes them from their Sins .• for which 
reafon they never ufe it without a great 
deal of Reverence, no body daring to 
enter the Temple without 10, 12, or 
more Wax Candles lighted, according to 
their refpeftive Abilities; and when they 
return, they take fome of this Holy Wa- 
ter along with them in ^awioe-Canes, for 
the ufe of their Friends, that have not 
the Opportunity of coming thither in 
Perfon. The King himfelf goes once c- 
very Year on Pilgrimage with all his 
Mandarins (or great Courtiers) to this 
Temple, where they ufe this Water at 
the time of the Full Moon, and conclude 
the Night with dancing and drinking. 
Some of the Siamefe Priefts did by fpe- 
cial leave from his Majefty, (hew toctv- 
tuw Hollanders, 1^54, in March, a Plate 
of Gold, of the fame length and breadth 
as the before-mentioned Adam\ Foot, 
with 68 Figures engraven upon it, which 
they faid were formerly to be fecn in the 
print of Adam\ Foot in the Rock, but 
vanifhed as foon as they were engraven in 
this Plate, and were the following : A fi 
Queen vfith a Ring on her Finger, divers Ro- '« 
fes, a Chain, an Arm, a Bed of Gold, a p^^'^" 
Chair of the fame Metal, an Elephant's 
Tooth, a Royal Palace, a Golden Sword-belt^ 
anVmbreUo, a Royal Hanger or Scimeter, 
a Fan made of the Leaves of the T my-tree^ 
a Fan made of a Peacocks Tail, a Royal 
Crown, a Priefl with his mendicant Pot of 
Iron, a Chain of Precious Stones, a red 
Cowflip Flower, a double one of the fame 
kind, a white one and a double white one of 
the fame kind, a Cup full of Water, a Pot 
full of Water, the Sea, the World, a Fa- 
reft beyond the World, the Purgatory of the 
Siamefe, the highefl Mountain of the 
World, the Sun, the Aloon, the Evening- 
Star, the Great God of the Heavens, the ■ 
God of the four Winds, 2000 Servants of 
the four Winds, a Sea-fnail, two Fifhes of 
Gold, the feven chief Rivers, feven Moun-^ 
tains with Precious Stones, feven Royal La- 
dies, the King of Beafls, the King of the 
Caimans or Crocodiles, an Enfign, another 
of Paper, a Chair or Litter, a Fan with a 
long Handle, a Mountain in an I/land^ the 
King of Serpents, the King of Tygres, a 
leaping Horfe, a targe Elephant, a white one 
of the fame kind, a Water-Serpent, a Ca- 
fuarius (a Bird like an Oftrich) the King 
of the white Cows, an Elephant with three 
Heads and as many Tails, a Serpent, a Ship 
of Cold, an Angel, a Cow with a fucking 
Calf, a certain Bird half a Man and half a 
Bird, a Female of the fame fort, a finging 
Bird, the King of the Peacocks, the Kmg of 
the Cranes, a Bird called Krapat, a Bird 
called Kuyfliit, fix Heavens, fixteen forts 
of Heavens. 
Concerning all which the Priefts give 
you their Interpretations. The before- 
mentioned Adam\-Bndg extends to T d- 
lemanaar, the furthermoft point of the 
Ifie of Manaar, of which more anon in 
the Defcription of Ceylon. 
We will now take our turn in the 
Southern Parts of Coromandel, fubjedfor 
the moft part to the Naik of Madure and 
Tanjouwer. Tandy is the firft place next Tondy up- 
to the Territories of Jafnapataam, and I ontkcoafl 
remember my felf, that fetting Sail one <'/Coro. 
Morning about 1 1 a Clock from Jafnapat- "^^^ 
nam, we were within fight of the Shoar 
by 4 in the Afternoon, and the fame 
Night at 9 a Clock caft Anchor before 
Negapatan. From Tondy they tranfport 
yearly many hundred Heads of Cattel to 
Jafnapatnam ; near the firft ftands a 
certain Pagode, called Kailiemeer, a very 
high Strudture, in the Road to Negapa- 
tan or Negapatnam, i. e. The City of Ser- 
pents, Naga fignifying in the Malabar 
Lan- 
