way to help himself The same way they use for the most part in the Kingdom of Siam and Pegu onely that the Natives there mount the Female Elephant and go to find out the Male in the Forests and when they have met with his haunt they tie the Female to the most convenient place they can find and then they fix their Snares for the Elephant who in a short time hastens towards the Female hot for generation where her Cries call him This is observable of the Female that when she begins to be hot she gathers together a great heap of Herbs and Weeds and makes her self a kind of Bed some four or five foot high from the ground where contrary to the Custom of all other Creatures she lies upon her back in expectation of the Male whom she calls to her by a peculiar Cry This is furthermore particular to the Elephant in the Isle of Ceylon that only the first which the Female brings forth has Tushes And it is also observable that the Ivory which comes from Achem when it is wrought has this peculiar quality with it that it never grows yellow like that which comes out of the Continent and from the East-Indies which makes it more esteemed and dearer than any other When the Merchants bring Elephants to any place to sell 't is a pleasant sight to see 'em go along for in regard there are generally old and young together when the old ones are gone by the Children will be running after the little ones to play with 'em and give 'em something or other to eat While the young Elephants which are very wanton are busily taking what is offered them the Children leap upon their Back but then the young Elephants that lately stopt for the lucre of Victuals perceiving their Dâ—ms a great way before 'em double their pace and playing with their Trunks throw the Children off their backs to the ground and that without doing 'em any harm Notwithstanding all the Inquiry I have made I could never find exactly how long the Elephant will live nor can all the Governours and Keepers of those Creatures tell you more than that such an Elephant has been in the possession of their Father Grandfather and Great Grandfather and by that computation I have found that they have liv'd some of 'em six score or an Hundred and Thirty Years The Javians making their benefit of the Portugals Ingratitude to the Indian Princes who entertained 'em did pertinaciously oppose the establishment of any strangers in the Isle But the profit the Kings of Bantam and Jacatra receive by vending their Spices to the English and Dutch was so considerable that at last they consented that the People of those two Nations should build a House for such Factors as they should have occasion to leave there and for stowing up the Commodities they traffiqu'd in The Dutch by Treaty with those Kings regulated the Customs of Importation and Exportation but those Articles were so ill kept by the Indian Kings who raised their Rates according as they discovered the strangers necessity of Commerce that the Dutch to avoid this Injustice and secure ' emselves from the violence of the Barbarians by degrees secretly fortified their Quarters at Jacatra and in a short time made it defensible The Indians perceived it not till 't was past their hopes of forcing it so as in this despair of driving out the Dutch they made use of the bad Correspondence between the English and them which chiefly appeared in a Sea-fight they had near Bantam and Jacatra June 2. 1619. the Holland Fleet being put to Flight by the English The Dutch being forced to retreat the King of Jacatra with the English Forces besieged the Dutch Fort now called Batavia which Siege lasted six Moneths till the Holland Admiral having reinforced his Fleet with the Ships that lay in the Molucques constrained the English to raise the Sieg to embarque their Guns and quit the Streight of Sundy to get into the main Sea The King of Jacatra would have cast the blame of all these disturbances upon the English but the Dutch General would not be satisfied with such excuses but landing his Forces to the number of Eleven Hundred Men he assaulted the Town of Jacatra which he took by force and having put all to the Sword fir'd it That done the Dutch compleated the Fortification of their Quarters and brought it to a regular form with four Bastions of Free-stone well Trench'd and Pallizado'd with Half Moons Redoubts and other necessary works The King of Matram who is as it were Emperour of Java in the Year 1628. besieged this Fort and lying under the Canon storm'd it several times but in the end was forc'd to raise the Siege as he in like manner was the Year following and since that time the Dutch have established their Commerce joyntly with the Chineses Siameses Succadans and other Neighbours taking Ten in the Hundred Custom upon all Commodities whether imported or exported thence The City of Batavia is twelve Leagues from Bantam Eastward in a Bay which being sheltered with some small Islands on the Sea-side is one of the best Roads in all the Indies Strangers that inhabit there pay a certain Tax by the Moneth according to the profits they make which is great for a Porter who will with ease get two Royals a day pays but one and a half in a Moneth a Fruiterer four Royals a Fisherman three Royals Distillers of Arach eight Royals Mechanicks as Shoomakers Taylors and the like so as at present 't is the most important place and firm establishment the Dutch have throughout the Indies Shortly after my return from Bantam to Batavia I was drawn out amongst others to be sent to Siam where we arrived safely That Kingdom extends not onely in the Peninsula beyond the Ganges as far as Cape sin Capare but it likewise comprehends the Kingdom of Martaban which is upon the Gulph of Pegu and that of Cambaia upon the Gulph of Siam it is situated in the most Eastern part of all the Indies and contains abut 360 Leagues from the South to the North and about 200 in its greatest extent from East to West above the Peninsula It may be divided into four or five principal parts that which is above the Peninsula in the midst of the others is particularly the Kingdom of Siam On its West is that of Martaban on the East Cambaya and Maluca on the South This Island formerly contained several Kingdoms that are at present reduced into Provinces the Princes whereof are Subjects and Tributaries of the King of Siam Very pleasant and fruitful is this Country being watered with several great Rivers the principal of which is called Menan which after having Bathed Prom Travai and Brema Cities of Ava and Pegu enters into that of Siam passing thorough India the Capital thereof This River is so deep that it can carry Ships of four Hundred Tun and which take Twelve or Thirteen Foot
th we arriv'd at Indrapoura where we bought what we wanted We expected to have met with some more Joncks but they were already departed From thence we made towards the Sonda and a little after that we were in the Streights Fourteen Holland Ships came thundring upon us They came from Batavia with Orders from the Company to bring us thither either by fair means or foul immediately they Summon'd our Commander who very bravely made Answer That he was not a Man to yield till after having bravely defended himself and that perhaps how strong soever they might be they would find it difficult to constrain him to it The Hollanders not thinking to have met with so resolute a Man sent to Batavia to know what they were to do the Answer was that they should press us and if they found themselves too weak to perform their Commissions they should make use of the Reinforcement that was coming to them which was a great Man of War advantageously fitted out whose help was in no wise necessary The Hollanders having received this Order bid us with an imperious Tone bring to them our Flag and strike Sail or they would sink us to the bottom This daunted our Commander who had had time to think of what he was to do he became pensive uneasie and perhaps he had reason so to be His Men had still in mind the Dispute at Madagascar he knew they hated him and they only waited for an opportunity to be revenged for the affront he had put upon them These Considerations made him inclinable to yield but before he came to that Resolution he took Council of his Officers who were unanimously of Opinion that he should follow the Law of the Strongest since their loss was infallible if they persisted to make resistance this Resolution was applauded by all the Ships Crew whose disunion was so visible that they could hardly have lived longer together thus the Hollanders were received with open Arms. We were overjoy'd at the changing of our Masters and never were any Men better pleased with coming out of Prison than our Men were to go into it If the passion of Separating had not been so great among them it would have been easie for them to have made their Escape by Night by the way of Batavia for our Ship was a swift Sailer and those of the Hollanders so heavy that we were always twenty four Hours more advanced than they On the 15 th of July the Commander of the Hollander called Jacob vander Meule came on Board us and in the General of Batavia's name took an Inventory of all he found there After having written our Names and the Name of the place of our Birth those whom they met withal of our own Nation were put apart in the Corps de garde of Java the others remained in the Ship whose Coffers they picked taking out all the Money they found there and making their escape the Italians to Goa and Bantam and the Hamburghers to their own Country Presently after this Plunder our Commander was found dead and we judged by the signs he saw upon his Body that he was poysoned probably by the Italians for fear he should have defeated 'em at his return As for our parts we were kept Prisoners for fourteen or fifteen days but having presented our requests to be set at liberty we were accordingly set free and by order of the General each Man having received the Wages he pretended to from the Republick of Genoa it was left to his choice either to return into his own Country or enter into the Service of the Company I was one of the number which accepted this last offer and the others were dispersed Shortly after my entring into the Service of the East India Company I was sent by the General of Batavia to regulate some Affairs at Bantam where having dispatched my business I took occasion to make all the inquiry I could into the State of that Island which take as followeth Java Major is an Isle declining 7 degrees 40 Minutes towards the Antartic from the Equinoctial and placed in 21 degree of Longitude a very great and noble Isle for from East to West it stretches one Hundred and Fifty Leagues or of Miles Four Hundred and Fifty and from North to South Ninty Leagues or two Hundred and Seventy Miles English The Mid-land is for the most part Mountainous and meanly Peopled but the Maritine low and very Populous the first is very subject is Wind but Healthy the latter Marish and insalubrious It may be called a Compendium of the World for it abounds in all things that be either useful or excellent The Coast by reason of Trade for Pâ—per has Towns well built and very wealthy upon the North side and to the North East are Bantam Palamban Jachatra now called Batavia by the Dutch but formerly Sunda Calapa by the Inhabitants and not unlikely to be that City Sunda where the People used with a dead Man to bury so many live fish as he had slain Enemies in his life time as also Japarra Tubur Jortan Grecy Chiringen Serebaya c. Bantam is under the Antartic declination or Latitude 6 degrees 20 minutes and of Westerly variation 3 degrees 'T is the biggest City in the Island being situated at the foot of a Mountain whence three Rivers rise two whereof run by the Walls the other thro the City but all too shallow for Navigation the Town is indifferently great but Rascally Houses the Walls which are Brick and three foot thickness are not entirely lined with Earth yet so flanked that at every Hundred Paces lies a Canon which would sufficiently secure the Curtains were it in condition for service but their Artillery is not mounted and they have no other Ammunition than a little Powder brought from Malaca where the Portugueses have a Mill. The City Gates are so wretched that they might be beaten down with a Club but so vigilantly guarded 't would be hard to approach without notice there are neither Bastions nor Towers but in lieu thereof Scaffolds of three Stories which yield a strong defence In the whole City there are but three principal Streets which all about upon the Castle called Pacebam The one from the Pacebam to the Haven another where the Kings Slaves and Domesticks inhabits leads to the Gate towards the Fields and the third to the Gate at the foot of the Mountain The Streets are not pav'd but are as commodious by means of the Sand they are covered with The Channels which in divers places cross the City are foul and stinking in regard the Stream of the River is not strong enough to carry off the filth it brings and what is thrown forth choaks the Water and makes Puddles that infect the whole City No Person of Quality but has his private Chappel or Mosquite in his House but one is common near the Palace on the Magazin and Stable-side The City is divided into several Posts each of
is about Ten Miles in Compass surrounded with good Walls which however have not the appearance of being able to hold out against a long Siege at least if the Besieged do not make extraordinary Efforts to defend them Their Militia is Composed of some Companies of Germans and Corses and others of light Horse some maintained for the watching along the Coasts and discovering the Turks and the others to hinder any secret Practices and Conspiraces in the City The entrance of the Port is defended by Four Galleys always ready upon occasion and there are a great number of them in the Arsenal which the Genouezes often lend to the Venetians against the Turks On one side of the Port stands a Tower considerably high where fires are kindled by night for the regulating the Course of the Ships There is at the foot of that Tower a great Piece of Cannon mounted upon its Carriage which is never without a Sentinel The Guard of the Princes Palace is of Five Hundred Men all Germans under a Colonel of the same Nation who have their Quarters there As for the Buildings of the City they are all far beyond the Idea we can conceive of them all Palaces all of Marble especially along the Rivers side But the Pomp of the Churches does exceed all these Beauties there are Thirty Parish-Churches in one of which they shew a Key of an exact Figure of an Emerauld perfectly good In that of St. Bartholomew they keep the St. Suaire whither the People flock upon the rumours of the Miracles that are done there This City is very Populous and the Merchants are there in great numbers and very rich their Principal Traffick is in Velvet and we may judge how great it is by the number of the Workmen who are employed about it I having been assured that there was above Eight Thousand of them at the time I was there On the 12th of April we made Sail towards Velez Malga whither we came in Four Weeks from whence after two days repose we made for Malgue where we cast Anchor on the 24th of May. We were no sooner there but all the Bandities were set on Shore and since that time we never heard of any of them 'T is well known how famous that Country is for its Wine whereof we took an Hundred Pipes on board us and after having provided our selves with necessary refreshments for the Sick on the 29th of May the Wind seconding our Designs we weighed Anchor and made Sail towards Cap-Verd where we were to stay and repose our selves for some time This design made us judge that the Voyage must needs be long but none except the Officers knew our intention or whither we went The 4 th of June at night we found our selves near 9 Ships which we took for Corsaires We were quickly satisfied of the Truth for the Men of those Ships having asked us who we were and from whence we came we found they were Algermes This News did something Alarum our Commander but as he was brave far from shewing that he was startled at this rencounter he told the Corsaires with a very good grace that he only waited till break of day to make an Acquaintance with them and he should take it for an Obligation would they come on board him where he would take care that nothing should be omitted for their being well entertained At the same time turning towards our Officers You see Gentlemen said he to them what Guests we have to Treat and what Dishes we must prepare for their good Reception they are in great numbers as you see but that signifies nothing and I hope that our Courage will make them repent of their boldness if they have so much as to attack us They made no Answer to the Commanders Speech but every one running to his Post gave him to understand the resolution they were in of making a brave defence And indeed assoon as it was day tho the Match was very unequal all was disposed in such a manner that we had a kind of displeasure to see the Enemies who had the advantage of the Wind make away from us without saying a word more From that time the Heavens were so favourable to us that at the three Weeks end we found our selves near the Island of Boa-vista We had no sooner cast Anchor there than the Bandities who inhabit it brought us a great Quantity of salted Goats-flesh and other refreshments After which we loaded about ten Chaloupes with Salt This Island does so abound in all sorts of Fish that provided People fish ne're so little there they take as many as they please especially the great Salmon-Trouts are there in so great abundance that we took above fifteen Hundred of them in the space of half a day Boa-vista is one of the Islands of Cap-verd Both near and at a distance nothing can be more agreeable to the sight and it is for its beauty it has received that name 'T is very Mountainous and about some 7 Leagues distance from the Isle of Sabu 'T is about Twenty Leagues in Circumference and 't is very hot It has towards the North a bank of Sand of about Twenty Leagues in Length against which the Sea makes a terrible Noise There are some other Banks 〈◊〉 so as dangerous as that which have occasioned the loss of several Ships On the South side there 's a shelve of the same length as the former but it is likewise beset with Rocks whose tops are sometimes seen above Water its extent is more towards the North and the surest place of Ancorage is on the South-West where is but fifteen sixteen or seventeen Fathom Water at the most In advancing towards the South we found the Isle of May that Island is about Eight or Nine Leagues distant from Boa-vista and is without contradiction the smallest of all the Islands of Cap-verd having but Eight Leagues in Circumference In the midst of it stands high Mountains and towards the North is seen a Plain of above a League in Breadth 'T is likewise on that side that there is a great extent of Sand which reaches a great way into the Sea there is also One towards the West which renders the Sea very dangerous on that part The figure of this Island is round it◠Length and Breadth being almost aqual It is bordered with several little Points which make as many Capes The common Road is on the South-West wher◠is but Fifteen or 16 Fathom Water Ye◠behind a considerable high Point toward◠the North is a convenient place for Anchorage when there is only Five or Si◠Fathom Water There is at the foot 〈◊〉 that Point a small Village of about Te◠or Twelve Houses from which Strangers may receive considerable assistance There is nothing to be seen but Rocks amongst the Clefts whereof do grow some herbs wherein consists almost all the Verdine of the Country the Soil being generally very dry This dryness joyned to the heats which
Children viz. one Son of twenty years old and a Daughter who had not yet seen ten Her extream Youth saved her life but the Son lost it the same day and after the same manner as his Sister did What torments soever he was made to suffer he protested his Sister and he were innocent of the Crimes that were imposed upon 'em and he was not very sorry to die Life being insupportable to him since he saw himself fallen from the State that he was born to but he had a regret that the Tyrant survived him Sect. X. WE have already said that the King of Siam is one of the richest and more powerful Monarchs of the East but we have not yet seen the Titles which he gives himself As the manner thereof is singular I imagine the Reader would take it as an obligation to be shewn two Copies which fell into my Hands while I was at Siam thro the intermission of one of the Great Lords of the Country to whom I testified my desire that he would leave them with me As the Phrase of that Tongue is something barbarous I have caused them to be Translated according to the genius of ours Alliance written in Letters of Gold wherein shines the Divine Splendour and which is the most excellent of all those that are in the World which comprehends the Sublimest Sciences and which is alone capable of rendering Men happy It is the best and surest in Heaven and above and below the Earth All the Words thereof are Royal they are soft and delicious but Almighty and Energical The Renown that is spread thereof thorow all the Earth produces there the same effect which the sighs of the Dead raised to life would produce when done by an all-Divine Vertue and purged from their corruption as well spiritual as corporal All Persons too constituted in Dignity as well amongst the Nobility and Clergy as the Commonalty do never see 'em without feeling a certain joy which no other thing can cause Thus there is nothing in the Universe which is comparable to 'em no more than to the Source from whence they issue as being a Monarch most Illustrious most Invincible most Powerful and most High and Crowned with an Hundred and one Crowns of Gold all adorned with nine sorts of Precious Stones being the greatest the purest and the most Divine Master of Immortal Souls the most Holy who sees all things and the Sovereign Emperour who holds under the shadow of his Wings the Great the Rich and the most incomparable Kingdom of Siam the Splendour of the fine and famous City of India whose Gates and Passages are inhabited by an infinity of People and which is without Contradiction the Capital of the Universe the only Throne worthy of the greatest of Kings to which is subdued the goodliest and the most fruitful of all Countries which the Sun gives light to who is a greater Lord than the Gods and whose Palace is only of fine Gold and Precious Stones the divine Master of the Heaps of Gold of the White Red and round Tail Elephants which three Animals are the Sovereign God of Nine sorts of Gods the Divine Lord in whose hand is the Victorious Sword who resembles the God of Armies with Arms all of Fire and the most Noble and most Excellent of all Kings The Second was much of the same force and is as follows The most High Paducco Dyrisultaan nelmonam Welgahu Nelmochadin magiviitha Jouhen der Eateten lillaula fulan the King of Kings who causes the Waters to ebb and flow the Monarch who is as a God as a Sun in the highest point of its Elevation as bright as the Moon in its greatest Lustre the Elect of God for to be esteemed as much as the Star of the North whose Extraction is altogether Royal as being the Issue of the Great Alexander and whose Wit is all-perfect all-seeing and all-penetrating like to a Globe always rowling and so made as to measure the Abysses of the Sea a King who has adorned the Tombs of all the decayed Saints who is as just as God and of so vast a power that all the World may hide it self under the Shadow of his Wings a King who holds from the Hand of God a number of Mines of Gold who has caused Pagods all of Gold and Copper to be built who sets upon a Throne that is only of Gold and precious Stones the King of the White Elephant who is King of all the other Elephants and before whom several Millions of other Elephants are obliged to prostrate themselves a King whose Eyes are so sparkling as the Morning Star under whom are Elephants with four Teeth red Elephants purple coloured Elephants and of several other colours as likewise of an Elephant Buytenaque for which the Almighty God has made him a Present of several sorts of embroidered Houses in great numbers and all beset with Precious Stones a number of other Elephants exercised in War whose Harnaces are Shot proof others whose Teeth are armed with Steel and their Harnace of Brass a King who has Horses without number shod with Iron whose Houses are likewise of Gold and all beset with Stones besides an infinite number of others which are proper for War A King who is above all the Emperours Monarchs Princes and Potentates of the Universe from East to West who raises to Honour and to Dignities those who have the Wit to get into his good Opinion and who on the contrary causes those to be burnt alive who revolt from him A King as powerful as God and in whom resides the power of doing all that God has done and created By these proud Titles the King of Siam pretends to insinuate into His Subjects that he is as great as God and more than all the Powers which reign upon Earth and to confirm it he makes 'em believe that he stops the Course of the Waters which he goes to work to after this manner The River of Siam being one of the Branches of the Ganges which Increases and Decreases regularly in certain Seasons of the Year its Increase and Decrease is likewise limited When it begins to diminish which happens in the Month of November the King takes that time to make one of his publick Appearances whereof we have spoken to which he is attended by all his Court and shews himself on that Occasion with all the Riches and Splendour imaginable His Galley is all shining with Gold and Precious Stones he is therein seated upon a Golden Throne covered with a Canopy set with Diamonds he is attended by two Hundred Galleys of a prodigious length each having two Hundred Rowers and being for the most part painted and gilt About six Leagues from the City the King and Arch-Priest enter alone into a little Barge wherein the latter after having uttered some Prayers upon a Sabre of Gold presents it to the King who strikes the River three times with it and commands it by His Divine Authority to
except that they cover grosly what Civility forbids to name The Men paint their Breasts Backs and Arms with a juyce of Herbs which is never worn out they have Bracelets of Glass and Necklaces of the same and they have such streight Sleeves of Iron upon their Arms that they can hardly move 'em as for their Legs they deck 'em with rows of white Shells very neatly wrought The Inhabitants of Tocadeol take for a Sumptuous Ornament for they only deck themselves with it on Holy-days a long Reed or Cane of a yard and a quarter in length the one end of which is fastened upon the Reins the other bends over the Head to which is tyed a floating knot of red and white stuff of almost half a yard long and seven or eight Inches broad They have moreover a Crown of Cocks Feathers and the Tails of Bares upon their Arms and Legs Their Beds are as extraordinary as the rest two Stags Skins serving 'em for Quilts Sheets and Blankets these Beds seem so delicate to 'em that they are loath to leave 'em and when that happens which they do the latest they can 't is with no design to go to work for they are neither Shoo-makers Weavers nor Joyners In a word they make Profession of having no need of the most necessary Trades or rather they know 'em all every one being capable of doing what he has occasion for their particular Dexterity lies in handling the Bow and whether running lying standing or sitting they never fail of hitting the Mark they aim at provided it be visible They are also excellent Swimmers but especially they run with an incredible Swiftness and when they undertake it there is not a Horse that can outgo 'em they have while they are running a piece of Iron of a round Figure six Inches long and five Inches broad they strike with those Instruments upon the Bracelets or Sleeves of Iron we have mentioned to animate one another according to the need they have thereof making more haste or making the less speed according to the number of the blows they give Navigation is an Art which they do not understand and all they know in point of Water is to cross a River in the hollow of a Trunk of a Tree but tho they are ignorant of what is the delight of most other Nations yet they live very happily fishing and hunting furnishing 'em abundantly wherewith to live and if they have an occasion or desire of something else their Women have so natural an Inclination to Agriculture that they find means without the help of other living Creatures to dispose the Earth to produce 'em what they sow there They make War after the same manner that Savage and Brutal Nations do that is to say without Art and Order and what is therein most inhumane without Quarter too for those to whom Hazard gives the advantage never give Quarter to their Enemies for fear they should be taken with a desire of returning to the Charge or they should become more happy the second time than the former Thus say they to remove all Fears that may arise from that side it is requisite to take that course Before I had seen this Island I had often heard say there were Men with long Tails like Beasts but I could never believe it and I thought the thing so far from our Nature that I could hardly give credit to my Eyes when they took away all doubts by an Adventure somewhat odd The Inhabitants of Formosa being accustomed to see us we saw one another with so much confidence as not to be afraid of any ill accident on either side So that tho Foreiners we believed our selves in safety and went often abroad without a Guard when Experience made us know that we hazarded our selves too far One day some of our People walking together one of our Ministers being of the Company went a Stones Cast from 'em upon some Natural Occasions the others in the mean while walked still on very attentive to a story that was told ' em When it was ended they remembred the Minister did not return and waited for him some time after which being weary of waiting they went towards the place where they expected he was they found him but without life and the sad condition he was in gave sufficiently to understand that he had not languished long While some kept him others went on several sides for to discover the Murderers they went not far without finding a man who seeing himself inclosed by ours foamed howled and made 'em comprehend that he would make him repent who should first approach him His desperate Carriage made at first some impression but at length their fears ceased they took that miserable Wretch who confessed that he killed the Minister but they could not learn for what reason As it was a heinous crime and that impunity might have ill consequences they condemned him to be burnt He was tied to a Post where he remained for some hours before the Execution It was then that I saw what hitherto I had not been able to believe his Tail was above a foot long all covered with red hair and very like to that of an Ox. When he saw that the Spectators were much surprised to see in him what they had not themselves he told 'em that that defect if it was one came from the Climate since all those of the Southern part of this Isle where he was born had the like as well as he Sect. XII HAving made Sail on the 15 th of July for Japan we arrived there on the 10 th of August Half an hour after having given the Signal of our Arrival we saw on board of us a hundred Japoneses who made us a sign at their coming that we needed only to be at rest and they were going to do our business What desire soever we had to discharge 'em from that trouble we were forced to obey and remain with Arms across while some took away the Sails others the Rudder some the Ammunitions of War others the Anchors carrying all on shoar as well as the Merchandizes which were shut up in a Magazine which the Governour of Nanguesaque being the place where we went on Shoar did answer for This course was no Novelty it is a Custom established for all strangers the Japonezes who are extreamly distrustful act in that manner for the securing their Repose for they are always in fear it is lâ—ss the Traffique than the desire of supplanting 'em that invites other Nations thither The Magazine which the Hollanders have in that City is situated in a little Isle separated from the City by a River of about forty foot broad The Ramparts of that Island are of Planks of a foot and a half thick the Bridge of Communication is an Hundred and fifty foot long and fifty broad At the end of the Bridge they enter into the Magazine in the midst whereof is the House of the chief or