tries above* mention'd • and reft perfwaded , that all poffibfe'fcn- 
deavours fliall be employed on our parts , to recommend all 5 
what fhall thus bepropofed by them;, to Our Correfpondents, 
with the fameearneftnefs we do our own Directions 5 fuggefted by 
feveral of our Curious Friends. 
Inquiries, for Suratte, 
and ether farts of the Eaft-Indies. 
T Bough thefe ffuaries have been already difpatcht for India , and 
feme of them even received an Anfiver , yet , becaufe ’ tis alto- 
gether neceffary , to have confirmations of the truth of thefe things 
from feveral hands , before they be relyed on ? it tv as thought fit , ra- 
ther to fublifh the Inquiries alone , for a more certain and full Infor- 
mation > than notv to joy n fuch Anfwers thereunto. 
The Inquiries are thefe > as the Relations publiflit by Purchase 
Linfshoten , and others , concerning thofe parts, have given oc- 
cafion to propofe them. 
i. Whether it be true, that Diamonds and other Pretious 
Stones , do grow again after three or four years , in the fame pla- 
ces where they have been digged out ? 
2 . W hether the Quarries of S tone-near Fettifcre y not far from 
Agra 9 . in the Mogol s Dominions , may be cleft like Loggs , and 
fawn like Planks , to ceel Chambers and cover Houfes therewith? 
Likewife , Whether about Sadrapatan, on theCoaftof Coroman - 
3 there be a Stone of thelikenature, fo as, fettinga Wedge 
upon it ^ one may cleave it with a Mallet as thick and as thin , as 
©nepleafeth? 
3 . Whether upon the fame Coaft of Coromandel , about %utu~ 
mins and upon that of Ceylon , at Manar ^ and fafanapatan, they 
fifh Pearls , asgoodas thofe about Ormm ? Whetherthofe Pearls 
arethe better , the deeper they lie? What is the greateft depth, . 
they are known to have been taken at ? And whether it be true , 
that fome of the Natives there, can ftay under W ater half an hour^ 
without. any Art ? 
4. Whether the Iron in Pegu and fapanfotkx better than ours- 
and if fo, what is to be obfervedin the melting, forging, and tern* - 
pering ©fit ? 
$ Whether 
