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C H A P« XXIII. 
ADefcri^Hon of Carcal, Trangebar, Trinilivaas, Colderon, Porto NovOj 
Tegnatapan, Tirepoplier, Chengier, Sadrafpatan, Madrafpatan, St. Tho- 
mas, Paliacatte, Carnatica, Penna, Caleture, Petapouli, and Mafu- 
lipataDc 
TWO Leagues from Negapatan lies 
Carcal^, where, as well as in moft 
other Southern Places, Adnan van der 
3iey-den Head Faftor of our Company, did 
ered a Fadory fome years ago but fince 
we have been Matters of Negapatan, the 
Fadory of Carcal is not regarded. The 
chief Commodities here are certain Stuffs, 
efpecially thofe call'd Ramhotyns, much in 
requeft among the Japonefes, 
From Carcal to the Dani/h Fort call'd 
Trangc- '^ '''^W^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ Leagues : It has 
fjar. four Bulworks, and the Garifon confifls 
for the rroft part of Topajfes and Negros, 
under the Command of one Eshl Andres. 
The Inhabitants confift of Portuguefes, 
Pagans and Mahometans : Their Traffick 
is very inconfiderable, their chiefeft Ad- 
vantage arifing from the Excurfions they 
make upon the neighbouring Mahometans, 
with whom they are in conftant Enmity, 
by reafon of the ill ufage they have ever 
received from them. About two Years be- 
fore our departure thence, one Simon van 
JWedenblick had got a Commifllon from the 
Danes^ and took a rich Moorijh Veflel, 
and kill'd the whole Ships Crew. 1 have 
often wonderM why the Danes fhould not 
more encourage their Trade in the Indies 
than they do, fince they have the fame 
or rather a better opportunity for fo do- 
ing than the EngUPo. 
eoldcroa ^romTrangebar you goby the way of 
Irinilivaas to Colderon, where there is a 
very dangerous Sand-Bank. From thence 
you come to the Place call'd the Four Pa- 
f orto No- ^°<^"» ^^^^'^ ^^'^^ ^^^^^^'^''^^1 
about 4 or 5 Leagues from Trangebar, 
At Porto Novo inhabit fome Portuguefes ; 
their Trade confifls chiefly in a certain 
hard Wood call'd Hunters-wood, Coco-nuts, 
Arek, Cair, &c. 
About a League from Porto Novo flands 
Tegfiapa- Tegnapatan, where the Hollanders have 
ran. likewife a Fadory. Ne.xt to this lies Tire- 
pepltet upon a River which is navigable, 
within half a League of the Dwcfc Fado- 
ry. The Road lies at 1 1 Degrees of 
Northern Latitude, having 77 Fathom 
Water, with a grey fandy Ground, very 
fit for Anchorage not above a Mile from 
the Shoffe. There is fafe riding at An- 
NT®. 
chor here (as all along the Coaft of Coro- 
mandd) during the South Mouffon, but 
very dangerous in the North Moujfon, 
The Caftle of Tirepoplier is tolerably 
ilrong, according to the fafliion of the 
Gentives. The Fadory formerly belong- 
ing to the Dutch was within the Caftle, 
where is alio a ftately large Pagode, with 
a high Stone Tower flat at top, which 
ferves the Mariners for a Guide. The 
Mines of the old Caftle, belonging for- 
merly to the Portuguefes^ upon an Afcent 
ne^ the Sea-Shore on the North fide of 
the River, are alfo feen a good way at 
Sea. The Country hereabouts is gene- 
rally fandy, and fometimes rocky. Tire- 
poplier is under the Jurifdidion of the 
Crijlappaneyk^ whofe Relidence isatCkw- 
gier^ about two days Journy to the South 
of Tirepoplier. 
The City of Chengier is very populous, Chcngia- 
and three times as big as Rotterdam, feat- 
ed in a moft pleafant Valley, near a de- 
lightful River,to the South of it ; It is for- 
tify'dwith double Stone Walls, and has 
four high Rocks without, upon three of 
which are built as many ftrong Forts, and 
upon the fourth a Pagode. The firft of 
thefe Rocks is enclos'd with a very ftrong 
Wall, the fecond with four Walls, and 
the third with no lefs than feven, with as 
many Gates all of Stone, and kept by a 
confiderable Garifon ^ the Afcents to the 
Forts being cut out of the Rock, and 
fcarce acceflible by reafon of their Steep- 
nefs and Straitnefs. On the top of thefe 
Rocks are moft delicious Springs, Frefh- 
water Ponds and Gardens. Befides which 
there is another Fortrefs upon an unaccef- ^ 
fible Rock without the City, command- 
ing the Avenues towards it on that fide. 
The Naik''s Palace ftands betwixt two of 
the before-mentionM Rocks, moft plea- 
fantly fituate, and well fortify'd. Great 
Cannon are a kind of rarity here, and 
thofe few they have ( like thofe in the 
Siege of Negapatan^ 1658.) are made of 
long and broad Bars of Iron, join'd toge- 
ther with Iron Hoops-, their Bullets are 
of Stone, and cut round. 
The Naik was at our firft arrival ia 
thefe PartSj very obliging to our Deputy?, 
