( MP ) 
The Colchejler , an E ngliJh'EaJh India Man, was at that 
time in Rogues River in Bengal ; it was Night when feve- 
ral of the Ships Company happen’d to be athoar in a Tent 
they had pitch’d to be merry in : Mr. Raven fcr aft the Se- 
cond-Mate had juft put on a clean Shirt, he happen'd to 
be the fartheft in the Company from the Door, with his 
Face oppofife to it, when a Tyger rufhed in among them, 
feiz’d him and carried him off in fpight of them without 
having fo much as a fqueek for his Life : I fuppofe the 
glaring of the White Shirt, affe&ing the Tygre the moft 
fenfibly of the Objetfs that were before him, made him 
fix upon him rather than the reft 5 the next day, upon 
fearch, they found fome Remnants of his Body in an adja- 
cent Wood. When a Tyger leaps at a Man, if his firft Aim 
be avoided, he never, as they fay, makes a fecond At- 
tempt. 
The Winds which blow at the tape of Good Hope , are 
of that kind which are call’d Monfoom j for between the 
beginnings of March and September, (which is their Win- 
ter) the Wind blows for the moft part between the North 
and the Weft, during which time they have not much 
fair Weather, from which Rainy Seafon the Hottentots 
compute their Year 5 but during the other half Year, the 
Wind generally blows between the South and the Eaft, 
accompanied with very fair Weather : There oftentimes 
comes down from the Neighbouring Hills moft fudden 
and violent Gufts of Wind upon the Neighbouring 
Parts. 
The Companies Garden, which is about 970 of my 
Paces long, and 230 broad, is not now in that fine order 
it was in during this Governour’s Father’s time, when it 
was divided into four parts, in each grew abundance of 
the more remarkable Vegetables belonging to its corre- 
fpendtng Quarter of the World 5 but tho’ the Climate, 
Soil and Situation are very favourable, ’tis now much 
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