they brought Rice Beef Pork and fresh Water for those that were Ship-wrack'd where two by Cold and drinking of Brandy miserably lost their Lives in the Night The twenty fourth in the Morning some Chineses coming to a Jonk by Van Campen on the Island proffer'd to carry him to the Fort Minjazen saying that the Governor Hanlavia would entertain him nobly for they suppos'd the Fleet to have been gone to Batavia they also gave him some fresh Pork Eggs and Rice and shew'd him other Civilities The Admiral by Letters advis'd Van Campen the same day that all his expectation and stay was for him that they might set Sail together but suppos'd that the bad Weather had hindred him from coming out and that in the Morning when he heard him Shoot he was about weighing Anchor with all the Ships that were with him at Tenhay of which he had sent him the Finch and Sea-hound and desiring him that if any more Tydings came from Hoksieu that he should Fire three times and for a little while keep in his Flag The same day the Sea-hound Frigat and Finch came to an Anchor near the Wreck in the River of Hoksieu whither Van Campen went immediately with his Boat to see what Goods could be sav'd which to do was almost impossible because of the raging Billows which beat so violently that no Boat was able to come near her In the interim the Fleet which lay at Tenhay also setting Sail fell down towards the Wreck yet afterwards changing their purpose Tack'd about lying Northward The twenty fifth the Admiral 's Sloop with his chief Pilot went aboard the the Vice-Admiral in the Sea-hound Frigat from whence after midnight he was sent again to the Fleet with News concerning the Wreck Little was perform'd that day no Vessels being able to lie near the foundred Ship but the next day they recover'd some Cordage Lead Tin and Sandal-Wood which was put aboard the other Frigats The twenty seventh fetching the last Cables that lay on the Deck they carry'd them aboard the Sea-hound in the Night and then likewise sav'd the Guns and some Shot The next day seven Tartar Jonks came to an Anchor near the Wreck to which Van Campen Rowing put one Mey aboard to look to the Pepper and other Goods that were yet remaining which at last being given to the Tartars was by them esteem'd a great Prize In the afternoon the Sea-hound and Finch weighed and set Sail to get out of the Channel of Hoksieu and came towards Evening to an Anchor by the Fleet in the Bay of Linkun where Van Campen immediately went aboard of the Naerden to the Admiral Bort to whom having given a Relation concerning the loss of the Ankeveen he Row'd aboard the Zirickzee The first of March being Thursday the Admiral at Day-break fir'd a Gun as a Signal that the Fleet should all weigh Anchor and putting to Sea proceed on their Way to Batavia In the Evening about Sun-set they came up with the South-Point of the Isle of Crocodiles which bore South-west about five Leagues and the South-Point of Carellos Nor-Nor-east about six Leagues from them their Course West-South-west The second they saw several Fishers Jonks near the Coast and about Noon came into twenty four Degrees and fifty three Minutes Northern Latitude and had the Southern Island Makau North-west and by West about five Leagues from them they steering South-west and West and by South Saturday being the third the Fleet at Sun-set was about three Leagues and a half from another Isle and on the next day at Noon in twenty two Degrees and thirty eight Minutes Nor-Nor-East about four Leagues from the Sandy Banks and against Evening came up with the Black Hill on the Coast of China about four or five Leagues from them their Course being South-west and by West and West-South-west The fifth the Fleet was about five or six Leagues from Ilhas dons Viedos and at Noon in twenty one Degrees and twenty nine Minutes the next day in twenty Degrees and thirty Minutes and the day after being Wednesday at Noon in nineteen Degrees and fifty Minutes On Thursday Van Campen was got out of sight of the Fleet in nineteen Degrees and thirty six Minutes and the next day reach'd nineteen Degrees and twenty Minutes The tenth in the Morning he came up with the East-Point of the Island Ainan but at a great distance from him and found himself at Noon in nineteen Degrees and twenty four Minutes Northern Latitude the East Point West and by South and West-South-west about four or five Leagues and Poele Tayo North-west about three or four Leagues distant The East-Point of Ainan appears like two Isles as you come about the North. The twelfth about Noon Van Campen was in eighteen Degrees and twenty seven Minutes three Leagues from the South Coast of Ainan which is found to be six or seven and forty Minutes more Southerly than it is placed in the Maps and in the afternoon coming near the Shore he espy'd the Fleet standing South-South-east and the next Morning he descry'd the Admiral Bort with seven Sail to lie a little to Leeward on his Larboard About Noon being eighteen Degrees and thirty two Minutes the Mount Tinhosa bore West and by North about four Leagues from him appearing like three Isles whereof the middlemost is the biggest More into the Countrey are two other Hills to be seen and in the South-west and by West many Highlands The South-west Shore was seen in the South-west and by South about four or five Leagues from him This Countrey is not rightly placed in the Maps neither in its due Latitude nor Longitude for it lies forty six or forty seven Minutes more Southerly in the Maps than it stands The fourteenth in the Morning the Admiral Bort with all the other Ships were behind in the Channel east-north-East-North-east and about Noon in eighteen Degrees and seventeen Minutes Sail'd Northerly up to the Fleet which in the Evening came up with Tinhosa The next day at Noon they came to seventeen Degrees and fifty nine Minutes and the day after to Fifteen Degrees and forty Minutes Northern-Latitude their Course South The seventeenth about Day-break they espy'd the Coast of Champan which is very high Land lying South-west and by West from them Six hours after they discern'd the Isle call'd Round Holm near the Coast of Champan and about Noon were in the Latitude of twelve Degrees and ten Minutes and Sailing along the foremention'd Coast in the Evening they past by the Bay call'd Bagerang and about Sun-set they descry'd Poele or the Isle Cicier de Terra Westwards about a League from them The eighteenth Van Campen being about midnight separated from the Fleet found himself about Noon in nine Degrees and nine Minutes and about Sun-set saw Poele Candor West-Nor-West five Leagues from him his Course South-West and by South The nineteenth he came into six Degrees and twenty nine Minutes the twentieth in four Degrees and thirty Minutes
and on the one and twentieth in the Morning seeing Poele Tymon South-west and by South about three Leagues distant he made towards it and dropp'd Anchor at the South-Point eighteen Fathom Water and soon after the Admiral Bort with all his Ships coming also to an Anchor put their Pennon under their Vein except the Loenen Pink which after a little stay steer'd her Course for Batavia In the after noon the whole Fleet setting Sail again to proceed onward of their Voyage steer'd South South-east The next day about Sun-rising Panyang bare about four Leagues to the South South-East from them At Noon the Fleet found themselves to be in forty six Minutes Northern-Latitude and saw Panyang West and by North and about Sun-set they saw Pismires-Isle in the South-west about four Leagues distant and the Island Lingen South-west and South-west and by South about six or seven Leagues off and about Noon the next day Van Campen was with the Fleet in six Minutes Southern-Latitude and saw about Sun-set Poele or the Island Saya South and by West and the Cape of Lingen Nor-West and by West three or four Leagues from them The twenty fifth they discern'd the Seven Islands or Poele Toutyons in the South-east and by South and Poele Saya in the Nor-West and Nor-West and by West about Noon the Poele Toutyons were Eastwards four or five Leagues from the Zirickzee The twenty sixth they descry'd the Mountain Monapin about Sun-rising to lie South-east and by East about five Leagues distant and at Noon about three Leagues from thence they were in two Degrees and nine Minutes South-Latitude At Night about Sun-set they saw the third Point of the Island Sumatra South-South-east two Leagues from them and Poele Nanko East and by North about three Leagues from the Zirickzee and Monapin in the Nor-West and Nor-West and by North all lying along the Coast of Sumatra The twenty seventh at Sun-rising they descry'd the first Point of Sumatra South-east and South-East and by East about two Leagues and a half from the Zirickzee who at Noon was in three Degrees and five Minutes South Latitude and having the Island Lucipar South-east about three Leagues from him Sail'd close along the Coast. The next day about Noon the Zirickzee was in four Degrees and twelve Minutes Southern Latitude and on the twenty ninth in the Morning coming up with the Thousand Islands which lay Westward from him he espy'd the Admiral Bort with seven Sail in the Nor-East and by East and one lying at an Anchor near the Island Agnietes At two a Clock in the afternoon the Fleet came to an Anchor before Batavia where they found the following Frigat and Pinks viz. the Stadthouse Frigat of Amsterdam the Holland Remedy the Nightingale Pink the Arms of Batavia a Frigat the Griffin being the Reer-Admiral of the Harbor The thirtieth being Friday the following Ships arriv'd there from Holland the Kennemerland Orange Rhynland and the Kogge The next day the Flushing Frigat came also to an Anchor from the Coast of Malabar with News that Rykloff van Gouns had taken the City Coessien and likewise the Rising-Sun Frigat from Rekkam On Tuesday the third of April a Thanksgiving Day was kept for the Conquest of the City Coessien and in the Evening Bon-fires were made and all the Guns fir'd from the Fort and round about the Walls of the City Batavia and likewise from all the Ships The eleventh the Ter-Boede Pink came also to an Anchor before Batavia from Sian and the Agents related their Adventures to the Lord-General A CONTINUATION OF THE Second Embassy Being a Journal of the Adventures that happened to the two Fleets sent from Batavia to the Isles of Formosa Tayowan and the Coast of China under the Command of Balthazar Bort as Admiral and General of the Land-Forces since the Year 1663. Iune the 27. until Anno 1664. March the 21. THe great Damage which the Netherlanders suffer'd Anno 1661. by the loss of Tayowan and Formosa taken from them by the Pyrate Coxinga not only staining their Honor but also damnifying their Estates and prejudicial to their Trade was not satisfi'd by the Fleet and Land-Soldiers sent out the last Year as was expected because the Tartars were not only wanting to joyn their Forces for the Defeating of the common Enemy but also detain'd them most of the time idly at Hoksieu feeding the Admiral with fair Promises without any performance although a fit opportunity seem'd to be presented to the Hollanders because the Enemy by the death of their General Coxinga were all in confusion yet notwithstanding as our former Relation mentions the Hollanders Fleet at several times took thirty three Jonks besides many lesser Vessels which they burnt and also the strong Fort of Kitat leaving whole Towns and Villages in Flames whose Inhabitants fled to the Mountains whilst the Tartars took not the least Cognizance thereof although they knew that Coxinga's Party made Overtures of Peace and had to that purpose sent Ambassadors to their Emperor at Peking as it was reported at the departure of the Fleet though his Majesty having put them off with dilatory answers signifying altogether that they should shew the first Point of their Obedience by wearing short Hair as himself and all his Subjects did which as the Hollanders suppos'd might procrastinate the business and besides all this the Tartars did not perform what they promis'd concerning the inlargement of the Dutch Prisoners yet confin'd in the Isle Eymuy although they shew'd all outward Civilities in their Entertainments still Complementing their Ambassadors yet would not grant them a free Trade before they had full Orders from the Emperor with which they held so long in suspence so long that they would not any longer attend with their whole Fleet such continual delays but having done little or nothing set Sail from thence the first of March and came safe on the twenty ninth of the same Month before Batavia leaving the Ankeveen Frigat behind them which suffer'd Ship-wrack before the Channel of Hoksieu as before mention'd and the Merchant Constantine Nobel with eight Netherlanders which were kept by the Tartars and as their Governors pretended in kindness to them that they should not return until they carry'd from the Emperor what should give satisfaction to their General Maetzuiker all which cast up together amounted to more Jealousie than Hopes so that Ballancing their Actions they could not positively say that either they were Friends or Enemies whom they Treated with Yet howsoever let them be what they will whither against the General Maetzuiker and his Council in Batavia pitch'd resolutely upon that with all their Forces they would prosecute those that had done them their Injury viz. the Coxingans and would never hearken to any accommodation until by reprisal or otherwise they had fully satisfi'd themselves of the Damages sustain'd in Tayowan and Formosa Which Decree of theirs was luckily confirm'd by Letters from their Masters at Amsterdam bearing Date
and the Mandarine Guides which being no way pleasing to the Ambassador he said that he would have no Quarrel about the Emperor's and his Goods for he would pay those Coelies which were wanting above the number express'd in the General 's Warrant Whereupon as many Coelies were provided as they wanted and the Ambassador wrote a Letter to the General in Hoksieu to this effect THat the Ambassador would never forget the many great Favors which he receiv'd from his Highness in Hoksieu and doth not doubt but that he will continue the same In return whereof he desires that Talavja might be assur'd that neither in the Court at Peking nor any other Place in the World he would seek or do any thing to his disliking or disparagement That himself hath well arriv'd at Chinkon in Pouchin and finds that he wants more Coelies than are express'd in the Pay or Warrant granted him whom if his Excellency think fit he will cause to be paid by the Hopou in Hoksieu This Letter deliver'd to the Mandarins the Ambassador ask'd when they should proceed on their Journey to which they answer'd Two days hence Then he enquir'd if the Horses and Oxen might not be sent away before because the Oxen travell'd but slowly which being granted they prepar'd all things accordingly But in the Evening a Chinese Secretary call'd Sinko said that the Mandarins caus'd Frames to be made to carry the Oxen because it would be impossible for them to go over the Mountains at which the Ambassador seem'd very well satisfi'd and accordingly put off their going In the Morning being the sixteenth Hiu-lavja one of the Netherlanders Mandarine Guides came with the Frames for the Oxen to the Ambassador's Lodgings who asking him when they should go from thence reply'd Two days hence Then he desir'd to know the reason why they must stay so long because the Mandarin had on the fourteenth Instant also told him That he should go two days hence Whereupon he said That it was because the Coelies which they wanted above the number mention'd in the Pass granted by Talavja was not yet allow'd by the City Mandarins who had promis'd that within two days all things should be ready himself wishing that the Hollanders were gone To which the Ambassador reply'd That he knew that the Lepous were somewhat displeas'd about their so long tarrying at Hoksieu being detain'd there by the Vice-Roy therefore it would be very inconvenient to lose more time there so that if the Lepous should chance to ask him about it in Peking he could freely declare that it was not his but the Mandarins fault who made him wait for Coelies Which Discourse prevail'd so much that Porters were immediately sent to carry the Sandal Wood with which they walk'd before it being very troublesom for its length and heaviness to be got over the Mountains The eighth in the Morning an hundred Coelies came to the Ambassador's Lodging to tie and pack up the Presents to be carry'd in Burthens and to go with their Loads before with the Horses and Oxen with which the Secretary Vander Does was also order'd to Travel before the Ambassador Nobel and the rest intending to follow them in the Afternoon but because one of the Horses had receiv'd a hurt on his Head above the left Eye the Ambassador thought it convenient to stay a day or two longer in Poutchin and to keep one Horse more besides the fore-mention'd to see in that time what could be done to him and then give order for his stay or taking along with him Whereupon the Secretary with two Horses the Oxen and the hundred Coelies with their Loads went before Nobel and Putmans being order'd to follow him in the Afternoon but because the tying up of the Goods spent too much time it was deferr'd till the next Morning The Horse being pretty well recover'd the Ambassador went from Poutchin the one and twentieth in the Morning and having travell'd half a League by the Village Olian and in the Afternoon by Sisanly and Singan and some Pagodes or Temples towards Evening came to Guliaen where they reposed that Night The next day being Snowy and Rainy they rested themselves in expectation of fair Weather The twenty third the Skye being pretty well clear'd notwithstanding the Mountains were still cover'd with Snow the Ambassador leaving Guliaen proceeded on his Journey and in the Morning pass'd over a high Hill and so through Huysjounton Hangsion Outangay Ontongne Kieumoe and Ousalinga from whence they saw divers Pagodes built on the Declivings of several Mountains In the Afternoon they travell'd in sight of the Villages Movana Loutiatona Golinga Longkia Kiekova and divers Hamlets and Temples of which very many stand all along this Road amongst whom they saw one on the top of the Mountain Liougtouw and call'd by the same Name Here are the utmost Limits of the Province of Fokien and Chekiang or Chetchiang between both which the foremention'd Temple stands so that now leaving Fokien they entred into that of Chekiang and going on came towards the Evening to a Village call'd Limathova having that day travell'd five Leagues four in the Territory of Fokien and one in that of Chekiang This Province though less than others yet exceeds all the rest in fertility of Soil delightfulness of Prospects and Riches beginning in the South under twenty seven Degrees and five Minutes Northern Latitude and extending Northerly to thirty one Degrees and twenty five Minutes a Tract of sixty five Leagues the greatest breadth from East to West being almost of the same length It borders Easterly on the Sea where the shortest Cut is to Iapan and not above a days Sailing as some say with a fresh Gale of Wind in the South and South-West upon Fokien in the West and North upon Nanking and likewise touches with a small part upon Kiangsi It is divided into eleven great Counties almost as large as some Provinces for one of them being Hancheufu and the chiefest of them is ample and powerful enough to be a Province or Kingdom viz. Hangcheufu Kiahingfu Hucheugfu Nienchufu Kinhoafu Kieucheufu Chucheufu Xaohiugfu Ningpofu Taicuheufu and Vencheufu having several great and small Towns to the number of eighty three belonging to them besides unwall'd Places and an incredible number of Castles and populous Villages The chief Tract of Land call'd Hangcheufu borders Northerly on Hucheufu and Kianhingfu in the East at the River Chee between Kianhingfu and Xaohingfu in the South at Nienchufu and in the West at Nanking In ancient times this County belong'd to the Vice-Roy of V. and was afterwards possess'd by the King of Cu and by the Family of Chin nam'd Cientang by the Emperor Sui it was first styl'd Hangcheu by the Family Tang Iuhang by Sung Lingan but the Taimingian Family restor'd this Country to its old Name This Division contains eight Cities of which Hancheu is the chiefest the rest are Huining Tiuquang Inlang Liugany Yuum Sinching and Changhoa
of Musick and use several Instruments on which account they are invited to Funerals and publick Solemnities and serve the Emperor and Mandarins in making their Offerings They boast themselves to be Soothsayers and promise to procure Rain and clear Houses haunted by Spirits All the Chineses are strangely inclin'd to Superstition but especially the Followers of this second Sect and give great credit to Sorcery and Predictions of future things The Emperor's Astronomers according to Semedo do not a little uphold this Superstition because they foreshew ensuing Events from the colour of the Heavens and tempestuous Weather Thunder out of Season by several aspects of the Sun which they reckon to be twenty two and from sixteen other Appearances with all which they acquaint the Emperor And they chiefly employ their time in foretelling either Peace or War as also Sicknesses Death Changes Insurrections and the like to which purpose they make Almanacks or yearly Prognostications which are divided into Moons and the Moons again into Days the Days into fortunate or unfortunate Hours either to undertake any thing or let it alone as to go a Journey remove out of a House Marry bury the Dead build Houses and the like By this manner of Cheating the Chineses are so deluded and so strictly do they follow these Observations that they govern themselves wholly thereby for if the Almanack commands to do any thing on such a Day though all the Elements were against it they will not neglect it These Astronomers according to a very ancient Custom are punish'd with Death if they through neglect do not foretell the Eclipse of the Sun and Moon or accidentally commit any mistakes in their Prognostication for the Chineses account it a deadly sin not to assist the Sun or Moon when they are darkned with Offerings and beating of Drums and other noise fearing else they would be devour'd by a Dog or Dragon wherefore the Emperor inform'd by People experienc'd in the Course of the Heavens of the approaching Darkness immediately sends Messengers Post through all the Cities of the Empire to give notice of the Day and Hour on which the Eclipse will happen whereupon the Magistrates and Citizens carefully watch for the time and prevent the threatning danger by beating on divers tinkling and Copper Basons They have Temples that are drawn or Carriages made for that purpose in which the Women deliver out their Almanacks wherein a Receipt is written how they may Conceive Trigaut saith that no superstitious Custom hath spread it self so far through the whole Empire as that in the observation of fortunate and unfortunate Days and Hours so that the Chineses in all their Actions observe the time exactly To which purpose two sorts of Almanacks are Printed every year which upon the Emperor's Command are dispersed through the whole Empire which makes the Fallacy the more believ'd These annual Prognostications are sold in such abundance that most Houses have them In them they find what they too punctually observe not onely the critical Days but the precise Hours and Minutes at what time they shall begin or desist in any Negotiation or Business whatsoever Besides these Writers of the annual Predictions go higher Composing for their profit Books more puzling and mysterious with large Comments on the good and evil Days with more accurate Directions especially concerning Buildings Marriages or Travel and the like Business of consequence and though it often happens that the Weather fall out tempestuous let it Thunder and Lighten Blow or Rain yet they will begin though they make never so little progress Nasirodin a Persian Author who flourish'd Anno 1265. tells us that the Chineses by him call'd Katayans have a Circle of twelve Days which according to the Instruction of the Astronomers they use in chusing the time to undertake or delay any Business of consequenc These twelve Days are by the Chineses call'd as followeth Ching that is Perfecting Xeu that is Receiving Cai that is Opening Pi that is Locking Ting that is Affirming Che that is Serving. Po that is Breaking Vi that is Running danger Kin that is Raising Chu that is Dividing Muen that is Exchanging Ping that is Making even Four of these twelve Days are call'd He that is Black and are accounted unfortunate four Hoang that is Yellow which are lucky and promise some good two Hoen that is Brown and Dark and esteem'd ominous The Romans and Greeks agreed herein with the Chineses and most of it is at this day us'd amongst them one thing there is which may properly be said to be the Chineses it consists in the chusing of Land to build private or publick Structures upon or bury the Dead in chusing it by the likeness of the Head Tail and Feet of several Dragons which they suppose to live under Ground and believe that on them the welfare not onely of Families but also of Cities Provinces and the whole Empire depends The Chineses account one Dragon whom they call Lung for the greatest fore-runner of good Luck Before the time of the Family of Hia nay the Emperor Fohi who began his Reign Anno 2952. before the Birth of Christ it is said That a Dragon was seen flying from a Pool and to make the Business seem of greater consequence and consideration they added That they had observ'd sixty four Marks or Characters on his Back which according to their Sages have mysterious significations The Chineses in a manner ascribe all things to a Dragon and believe that not onely all humane Fortune but also Rain Hail Thunder and Lightning are as that Monster orders They also affirm That there is a Dragon under the Earth but chiefly under the Mountains and this is the reason why with such great Care and Charge they observe the parts of the Dragon in the making of their Graves for according to the goodness of the Earth they value the Riches and Fortune of the whole Family just as the Astronomers from the Conjunction of several Planets prognosticate future Events For this reason also the Chinese Emperors bear a Dragon in their Arms as the Romans an Eagle nay the Emperor's Apparel is Embroider'd with Dragons and likewise on all the Furniture for his Table and whole House is Engraven the same nay the whole Court is every where full of painted Dragons But above all it is to be admir'd that the Chineses paint five Claws at the Feet of the Emperor's Dragons None but those who are of Imperial Blood or peculiar Favourites of the Emperor may bear a Dragon in his Coat of Arms yet if others do use this same Bearing they must on pain of Death not give above four Claws They say that the Foam of a Dragon impregnated one of the Emperor Ie's Concubines without the use of a Man which Fable the Chineses thus relate In the time of the Family of Hia say they a Dragon was seen which vanish'd on a sudden and left a Froth on the Earth This Froth being of
West in eighteen and nineteen Fathom grey Sandy Ground mixt with little Shells their Course North and by East the Wind at South-East and by South Poele Zay are several small Rocky Isles and uninhabited lying in a Train one by another The second being Sunday the Fleet Sail'd about Noon in fifty three Minutes Northern Latitude In the afternoon the Pink Loosduynen being seven Leagues to the Eastward of the Island Poele Panjang ran on unknown Rocks not specifi'd in the Maps to which the Vice-Admiral Iohn Van Campen Rowing with his Boat and some Tackle giving speedy assistance helpt the Pink off from the Rocks without any Damage On Munday being the third the Fleet proceeded on her Course North-North-East full before the Wind and reach'd about Noon in two Degrees and three Minutes Northern Latitude and in sight of the Island Poele Tingi which lay North-West from them In the first Watch the Zierikzee and Ter-Boede Frigats came to an Anchor on the West side of Aura in thirteen Fathom Water and put each of them a Light in their Lanthorns for a Sign to those Ships that were behind The fourth being Tuesday the Admiral with the Naerden Frigat accompanied with the Overveen Sea-dog Singing-bird High-land and Vink came to an Anchor in the same place for the Domburg and six more took their Course to the Isle of Timon according to Order when they set sail Their Boats going ashore to fetch fresh Water and Wood brought also many Baskets of Fish and Fruits besides some Hens and Goats which they either bought for Money or barter'd for Next Morning being the fifth the Singing-bird Sea-dog and the Goldfinch weigh'd their Anchors and sail'd to Poele Pisang for fresh Provisions and Wood. This Island is Populous and full of Villages All the Inhabitants observe strictly their Fishing and Tillage being bred to such Drudgery from their Childhood Here as also on the Coast of the Kingdom of Sampan and on the Island Lingen a kind of Birds-nests are plentifully found which at Feasts and Entertainments are look'd upon as a great Regalia nay the Inhabitants on their New-years Feast which they keep with great Solemnity commonly present one another with these Dainties as an infallible sign of unfeigned Friendship They are also transported as a great Delicate to China and every Pound thereof sold for half a Tahers they being a great Cordial much relieving both the Stomach and Brain A Bird like a Swallow about the time of the year when they chuse Mates and fall to coupling yields a kind of glutinous or slimy matter which lying on the Rocks is the first Material of these Nests and by a daily additional Moisture or Morning-dew gather'd on their Wings and sprinkled on it at last becomes both large and perfect which when dry resembles the Bowl of a Spoon with high Edges and are found here in such abundance that they gather some Hundred weights of them yearly When their Coupling time is past and the Nests finish'd which happens all at one time they lay their Eggs and Brood upon them which Father Kircher thus describes Between Cochinchina and the Island Hainan lie in a long Ridge a Series both of great and lesser Rocks to which in March flock abundance of strange Birds like Swallows there building their Nests but of what or how not known and having bred up their Young fit for flight they quit their Birth-place and leave their empty Nests which Ships coming thither from China and other places transport from thence and sell at home at great Rates because they are esteem'd as the onely Condiment either to Fish or Flesh which being handsomly season'd with it gives a delightful Hogooe Philip Martyn in his Relation of the Kingdom of Tunking saith That in that Province are many strange Birds and Fowls especially some little ones that fly like a Swallow making their Nests on the Rocks which are gather'd and sold at no ordinary price because they believe that they owe their Health to the use of them mix'd in their Dishes and that it is a certain Cure for the loss of Appetite They are of a bright colour and hard like Sea-horn and they esteem the greatest Feast no Entertainment without this Dainty which they prepare after this manner First they lay it a whole Night in warm Water till it grows soft and mellow then again dried in the Sun mince it very small It hath of it self almost no taste but like Mushrooms prepar'd in Sallads provokes an Appetite and as other Food asswages Hunger and satisfies the Stomach this on the contrary makes the Appetite greater and still desirous of more There is also much Ager-Wood and Cotton On Thursday the sixth Admiral Bort firing a Gun from the Naerden-Frigat signified his intention to set Sail but no sooner had he weigh'd his Anchor but the Ship was strongly driven by the Current towards the Shore so that he was forc'd to let it fall again and firing several Guns the Vice-Admiral Van Campen coming thither with his Pinnace Long-boat and Tackling found the Naerden Frigat to ride about three Cables length from the Rocks on good Ground able enough to hold out a great Storm But carrying out a small Anchor and weighing the other at last got under Sail and was follow'd by the rest of the Ships The seventh being Friday the Zierikzee Highland and Ter-Boede Frigats came about the East side of the Isle of Timon for the Naerden and the other Ships lay at the North-East Point to an Anchor in thirteen Fathom where they took in Water Firing and fresh Provisions as Hens Goats Fish Potatoes and the like The eighth being Saturday the Zierikzees Men going into the Woods cut Anchor-stocks Oars Hand-spikes and Leavers and fishing in their Sloop took some Shepherds and Breams About Noon hapned a great Thunder-shower The ninth day being Sunday the Zierikzee Highland and Ter-Boede weighing their Anchors ran to the North-East Point of Timon to the Naerden and the other Ships Admiral Bort putting out his white Flag to call a Council they judg'd it convenient to steer further out from the Shore and also seal'd their Orders The Admiral here complaining that he had many young and unexperienc'd People in his Ship Order was immediately given That two of the stoutest Sea-men should be taken out of each of the other Ships except the Gold-finch and put aboard of him In the afternoon the Fleet set sail and took their Course North-North-East and saw the Isle of Timon about Sun-set bearing South and by West and South-South-West about five or six Leagues distant The tenth in the afternoon under three Degrees and eight Minutes the Fleet had thirty eight Fathom Water sandy Ground But by the eleventh at Noon they had reach'd five Degrees and four Minutes Northern Latitude and in forty and forty one Fathom Water gravelly Ground The next day at Noon they were in five Degrees and fifty six Minutes and had thirty nine Fathom Water
The thirteenth the Fleet being in seven Degrees and six Minutes had twenty nine thirty and thirty one Fathom Water But the Naerden sailing with his Squadron about the East had almost lost sight of the Zierikzee The fourteenth about Noon the Fleet was in eight Degrees and sixteen Minutes and had twenty two and twenty three Fathom Water fine sandy Ground mix'd with white Gravel At Night about the latter end of the first Watch appear'd the two Isles lying to the West of the Island Poele or Candor a League from the Fleet which had eighteen Fathom Water This Poele or Candor lies in the Bay of Siam near the Coast of Vancinaer Cambodia uninhabited and about three or four Leagues in Circumference surrounded with high Rocks and Mountains crown'd with shady Trees and abounding with good Provision to the great refreshment of those Ships that put in there The fifteenth in the Morning the Fleet came up with the North-East Point of Candor which bore South-East and by East about three or four Leagues distance from them in the depth of seventeen and eighteen Fathom Water white Sand mix'd with small Pebbles The sixteenth in the Morning they sail'd in fifteen and sixteen Fathom Water the Table-Mount being North-East about three Leagues from the Shore About Noon they found themselves by observation in ten Degrees and thirty one Minutes Northern Latitude and had fifteen Fathom Water about three Leagues from the Coast of Champa Champa so call'd according to Texeira from the Portuguese Pronunciation Champa by Martinius Changpa and by others Ciampa is a Kingdom which hath the Principality of Camboya on the West and according to Father Lerin that of Laos from which it is separated by the vast Desarts and Mountains of Samao the East respects Cochinchina and Tunking and reaches with its Coasts to the main Continent of China before you come to the Shore against the Island of Makou The chief City which lies up in the Countrey hath its denomination from the Kingdom The other Towns are Varella Penaria and Tauchonarella This Countrey abounds in all sorts of Provisions and the Hills with Elephants which are transported from thence to several Places There is also store of the best Calamback-Wood by some call'd Calampart by Linschot Calambu and Calambes or Lignum-Aloes by the Arabians Agalugen and Haut and by the Inhabitants of Zaratte and Dekan Ud which hath a most sweet and odoriferous smell said to proceed from its rotting under Ground for the sound Wood hath no smell at all The Tree saith Garzias resembles that of an Olive but somewhat bigger and the firm and sound Wood hath no kind of smell but with the putrifying of the Bark and Wood the fat and Oily Moisture may also communicate of its Sweetness to that likewise This Wood they prize so highly that they equally value it with Gold yet much us'd by the Chineses in their Offerings to their Gods The Countrey though badly stor'd with Gold and Silver yet is enrich'd with excellent Drugs costly Woods as the Sampan and Ebon-Wood Rice Lint and Cotton There is also plenty of a Fruit call'd Oaby which is very great weighing ten or twelve Pounds apiece and by the Chineses us'd for Bread and sometimes mingled with Meat like the Bottoms of Artichokes They also have a very large Fruit by the Inhabitants and other Indians call'd Nankussen and by some according to Garzias and Acosta Iaka The Countrey is Govern'd by a King that Rules neither acknowledging Subjection to the Emperor of China the Cham of Tartary or any other Superior The Vice-Admiral Van Campen spoke with the King himself who sate in a great Court in a very large Hall hung with rich Tapestry but was not permitted to enter the Presence till he pull'd off his Shoes and Stockings because none may appear before the King unless bare-footed such was their Custom of due Reverence The Grandees or Persons of Quality there are mounted on Steeds with Bells in their Ears like our Cart-Horses The seventeenth in the Night the Fleet doubled the South Point of the Bay of Pangerang which bore West and by South about three Leagues from them In the bottom of this Bay being a most convenient Harbor for Ships stands a great City whose Jurisdiction extends a vast way into the Countrey and Govern'd by a peculiar King The Vice-Admiral going ashore spake with him with his Shoes and Stockins on and was presented by the King with soms Fans and Stuffs The Countrey thereabouts abounds with Calamback-Wood The Fleet steering North and by East found her self about Noon to be in eleven Degrees and thirty five Minutes about three Leagues from the Champan Shore In the Morning they plied about the five Islands close by the foremention'd Coast the Southermost part of which appears like a round Hay-stack The eighteenth at Noon by Observation they found themselves in twelve Degrees and thirteen Minutes two Leagues from the Shore in seventy Fathom Water On Wednesday about Sun-rising the Fleet made St. Iohn de Fyks on the Coast of Champan North-East and by North about three Leagues from them and at Noon were in thirteen Degrees and five Minutes Northern Latitude and Coasted about Sun-set Cabo Avarelles which lay Northerly from them steering North and by East Cabo Avarelles being a very high Mountain appears a great distance off like a Man on Horse-back and serves for a Beacon The twentieth they found themselves in thirteen Degrees and forty nine Minutes and saw the Point of Poele Candor North and by East a good distance from them The one and twentieth in the Day-watch the Vice-Admiral Van Campen for the Admiral Bort going that Night with seven Ships about the East was by break of day gotten quite out of sight with the Ships belonging to his Squadron came opposite to the Northermost of the Box-Islands and spied four Sail bearing North-East and by East near the Coast of Champan or Quinan whether he and those that belong'd to the Ter-Boede row'd with their Sloops well Mann'd and Arm'd but three of them escaping they took only one which they carried aboard the Vice-Admiral and found him to be laden with Rice Honey and strong Arak Mann'd with seven Men and having also five proper Women aboard that coming from Poeyan intended to sail from Taywan not far from thence They judg'd it convenient to let them pass with their Vessel but the Women would rather have staid with the Netherlanders if they might have had their desires yet at their departure they were presented with three Pieces of course white Linnen which they receiv'd with great thankfulness The City Poeyan lying on the Coast of Quinan at the foot of a Mountain between two Rivers is surrounded with high thick Walls of Stone fit to plant Guns upon Their Fortresses are not fortified with Towers but here and there with some Galleries eighteen Foot high to which they ascend by a Ladder and from thence assail their
Enemies The City hath three straight and long Streets which all concenter before the Royal Palace from whence one leads to the Sea the second to one of the City-Gates and the third to the Mountain-Gate None of the Streets are pav'd except those three for the other By-Lanes and Alleys are Sandy And notwithstanding the whole may be Navigated by Channels that run through every Street which receive their Waters from the foremention'd Rivers yet are they very foul because when the Water falls it goes off so slowly Near the Court on the West side of the City stands a spacious Temple on the East-side the Arsenal and on the South side the Kings Palace artificially built with spacious Courts and Walks within At the end of the Street that leads into the Countrey stand the Mayor or Chief Magistrates House wherein all the Kings Servants or Slaves reside and where are also his Stables and other Offices The City stands divided into four parts over every one of which a Noble-man hath the chief Command in time of War Fire or other Accidents In each of these is also a Drum as big as a Rhenish-Wine Fat whereon they beat with a Hammer which always hangs near it when any Uproar happens The Merchandise to be had there are all sorts of Wrought and un-wrought Silks flower'd and plain of divers Colours as Peelings Hokiens and the like They trade also in white Linnen At Noon the Vice-Admiral Van Campen found himself in fourteen Degrees and forty Minutes Northern Latitude and in the Morning came up with Admiral Van Bort with seven Ships and a Jonk The twenty second about Sun-rising the Fleet spied Poele Canton North-West and by North about five Leagues from them and were in the Latitude of fifteen Degrees and thirty one Minutes their Course North-East The twenty third the Fleet was in sixteen Degrees and fourteen Minutes North Latitude The twenty fourth being Munday they discover'd the Island Hainan at a good distance from them and taking observation at Noon were in eighteen Degrees and fifteen Minutes about four or five Leagues South-East from Hainan The twenty fifth about Noon they reach'd nineteen Degrees and fifty one Minutes The twenty sixth they had twenty one Degrees and seven Minutes North Latitude and were within four or five Leagues bearing South-South-West from the Southermost Island of Macao or Macau in twenty six and twenty seven Fathom Water The twenty seventh the Zierikzee and Ter-Boede cast Anchor in the Evening near the Island of Macau by the Box-Heads being separated from the rest of the Fleet by Misty Weather that being the appointed Rendezvouz where they were to meet if by any Accident they should lose one another The next day in the Forenoon Indiik accompanied with the Loosduinen Singing-bird and three Frigats Domburgh High-land and Meliskerke came to an Anchor in the same place under the Coast of Macau in thirteen Fathom Water gravelly Ground which made up their Number eight The Islands of Macau receive their Denomination from the City of the same name scituate on a small hanging Islet joyn'd to one that is somewhat bigger a Ship may without danger in Stormy Weather Sail betwixt and there lie Land-lock'd riding in an always smooth Sea where they never want store of Fresh-water from the living Spring The twenty ninth being Saturday Indiik by putting out a white Flag gave the Signal to the Commanders of the other Ships to come aboard to Council where it was judg'd convenient because Indiik suppos'd that the staying with the Ships bound for Iapan would be chargeable to weigh Anchor in the Morning put again to Sea and sail through the Isles of Macau ordering every Ship now and then to fire a Gun in hopes thereby to meet again with the other five Their Course being Nor-East by East and Nor-Nor-East in sixteen seventeen and eighteen Fathom gravelly Ground about nine of the Clock they bore up with one of the greatest of the Macau Islands in Portuguese call'd Ilhas de Lemas where they saw five Champans or Jonks lying neer the Shore which had a few Houses Here also eight of the Fleet dropp'd Anchor for Indiik with two laden Flyboats steer'd for Iapan The Boats went ashore well Mann'd where they found five great Champans with their Fishing-Nets and above five thousand dried and salted Shepherd-Fish with two hundred Pots of the Rows of the same Fish pickled The Chineses taking their flight into the Woods so left all their Goods to the disposal of the Hollanders onely three were overtaken by the Sea-men and carried aboard the Vice-Admiral who asking them from whence they came they told him From Xantung and also inform'd him of Coxinga's Death who were glad of the News and paid the poor Men for their Fish In the Afternoon they joyn'd with the Admiral Bort and the other lost and separated Vessels which lay at Anchor full three Leagues to Lee-ward of the most Easterly Macaan Isles where they were not able to row ashore with their Boats because of the swiftness of the Current The Admiral making the usual Signal the rest of the Captains came aboard where he ruffling a little and chiding them for not keeping their Rendezvouz according to Order he set upon each of them the Penalty to bring him aboard eight Hogsheads of Water The one and thirtieth in the Morning the Fleet setting sail was at Noon in twenty two Degrees and twelve Minutes a League and a half North-East and by East from Pedro Branke About Noon spying five Sail in the North-East the Vice-Admiral Van Campen made Chase after them and coming up with one in the Evening took it with three Chineses from Tamsua and some fresh and salt Fish On Tuesday the first of August the Vice-Admiral went aboard the Naerden Frigat to know what he should do with the three Chineses and their Vessel Bort replied That he should let them go At Noon the Fleet was in twenty two Degrees and thirty six Minutes in twenty and twenty one Fathom Water fine Sandy Ground mix'd with Shells and the next day at Noon in twenty three Degrees and thirty eight Minutes bearing about three Leagues West-South-West from the Island Tang Goie in twenty two and twenty three Fathom Water Sandy Ground mix'd with small Shells their Course North-East and by East In the Afternoon they spied several Fisher-Boats in the North-East which the Admiral and Vice-Admiral order'd to be chased The Loenen Pink overtaking one of them found onely one Man in her the rest escaping by swimming The third the Fleet came up with the Point of Puthay lying on the main Coast of China Northward from them their Course North-East and by North along the Shore This Point of Land appears in Prospect Mountainous yet full of Valleys and Plains planted with Trees of a wondrous height whose Wood is as black as Pitch and as hard and smooth as polish'd Marble or Ivory some resembling Ebony some a reddish Colour
the twelfth they saw two Jonks in the South-West seeming to steer towards Tinghay which Van Campen chasing endeavour'd to get to the Northwards but labour'd in vain because of contrary Winds and Tides at last he was forc'd near the Islands of Pakka which although pretty large yet are for the most part waste and untill'd and inhabited by none but Fishers and poor Rusticks Nevertheless there is good Harbor for Ships and Refreshments of Water and Provisions to be had The thirteenth being Munday Van Campen with the Ebb set Sail Northwards between the Islands Pakka in eighteen nineteen and twenty Fathom Water but came after the Tide spent to Anchor in thirteen Fathom Water under the Eastermost Island About Noon the Fleet weigh'd to get more towards the North and against the Evening Anchor'd in eight Fathom Water about half a League Nor-Eastand-by-East from the Eastermost Isle before Pakka The fourteenth Van Campen set Sail again with a Nor-Nor-East Wind in six seven and eight Fathom between the Isles of Pakka and about Noon forc'd by contrary Tides came to an Anchor in seven Fathom Towards Evening weighing again with the Ebb he let fall his Drag about midnight in eighteen Fathom gravelly Ground not far from the place where the Coast of China hath many high Mountains and broken Land yet behind them very pleasant and fertile Meadows and Rice-Fields The fifteenth setting Sail again he Anchor'd about Noon under an Isle in thirteen Fathom Water gravelly Ground about Cannon-shot from Shore whither he sent his Boat to see for Water From hence setting Sail he came into a Bay behind Campens Point so call'd from himself where he dropp'd Anchor in five Fathom Water there being a convenient Harbor and safe Retreat against hollow Seas and turbulent Winds On the North side of this Point lying in twenty six Degrees and fifty one Minutes Northern Latitude may be seen the Ruines of the City Tikyen or Tykin formerly a place of great Trade but lately destroy'd by the Tartars Here the Zierikzee's Boat was sent ashore with the Pilot Auke Pieters and thirteen Men to fetch Water Near the Shore between the Mountains appear'd a pleasant Valley flourishing with Rice Carrots and all manner of Fruit. You may freely without fear or danger sail between the main Coast and these Isles yet not without some care because divers Shoals lie near the Coast. The eighteenth being Saturday Van Campen set Sail with his Squadron the Wind Nor-Nor-East and laveering it between Campens Point and the foremention'd Isles between seven and thirteen Fathom Water gravelly Ground they discover'd the old Zajer Isle east-nor-East-Nor-East four or five Leagues distant in twenty seven Degrees and fifteen Minutes Northern Latitude and about Noon came to an Anchor in ten Fathom Water gravelly Ground In the Night setting Sail again they ran the next day about Noon behind Campens Bay where they were forc'd to lie till Friday the twenty fourth by contrary Winds Tides and Calms Towards Night the Finch came also to an Anchor there Friday the twenty fourth the Ships went to Sea together and with a Nor-Nor-East Wind endeavor'd to sail Easterly but being driven back by the Tide they came to an Anchor in eight Fathom and had the North Point of the Island with Brests South-West and the old Zajer East and by North. At Night in the second Watch when the Tide was almost spent they weigh'd Anchor again and the next Evening rode in eight Fathom Water having the Chinese City Samzwa Nor-East and by East and the Isle Old Zayer Sou-Sou-East and Sou-East and by South and the Isle with Breasts Sou-Sou-West The City Samzwa seated on the hanging of a Mountain and planted round about with high Trees was ruin'd by the Tartars It boasts a safe Harbor for Ships to defend them from the Southern and Northern stormy Seasons The Hollanders going ashore here found one Pagode or Temple with divers Images about fifteen Leagues from Tinghay The twenty seventh the Point of Samzwa bearing Westward two Leagues from them they descry'd a white Cliff in the Sea about three Leagues from the Shore and three Isles in the East-Nor-East and by Observation found themselves at Noon to be in twenty seven Degrees and thirty nine Minutes Northern Latitude In the Evening Van Campen came to an Anchor with the Ankeveen Frigat in eleven Fathom Water gravelly Ground but the High-land and Meliskerk Frigats with the Loenen and Finch went behind the Isle of Good Hope Van Campen in the Night the Tide favoring him set Sail again and was follow'd by the Ankeveen Frigat onely the other four lying still behind the Isle without making the Reason thereof known The next day forc'd by Storm to come to an Anchor again in ten Fathom Water he was driven from two Anchors towards the seven Rocks a little Southward of Zwatia not without great danger of Shipwrack The City Zwatia lying in the mouth of a River near the Sea and also ruin'd by the Tartars is inhabited by mean and poor People which are very slow in rebuilding the same Opposite to the Nor-West side of the River lies a Village call'd Zwatho whither most of the Citizens fled it being not laid waste by the Tartars The first of Ianuary Van Campen concluded upon Advice of the Ships Council by force of a Storm out of the Nor-East and by East to set Sail again to get from the Shore so that he drove down Sou-West and by South to Brest-Island and in the afternoon came to an Anchor in the Bay behind Campens Point in nine Fathom The other Frigats and the Finch lay still at Anchor contrary to their Orders The third the Ankeveen Frigat commanded by Iacob Swart having been busied about getting his Anchors aboard came and rode by the Vice-Admiral The fourth in the afternoon they spied in the Sou-Sou-West between seventy and eighty Fisher-Jonks and other Vessels standing towards the North which they let all pass About the evening they stood to and again yet were got out of sight next Morning on which the Captain Auke Pieters was commanded to go ashore with fifty Men to gather Sallad-herbs and Potatoes to refresh their People The sixth in the Evening the four other Ships came to an Anchor near Van Campen having before lain behind the Isles Northward of the River Zwatia The eighth in the Morning they spied six Jonks fishing in the Sou-East and by East behind the Breast-Isle and in the afternoon two Ships in the Sou-East in the Bay of Pakka and also heard the Report of several Cannon shot from thence whereupon a Council being call'd Harmans Symonsz Commander of the High land Frigat was sent thither with Order That when he came to them he should fire five Guns one after another if he needed Van Campen's Assistance if not to fire none but come back to the Fleet. Against the Evening the High-land Frigat came to an Anchor South-West and by South three Leagues
distant from the Fleet. The ninth in the morning they saw above twenty Fisher-Jonks near the Shore of Pakka who were putting to Sea to fish but not being able to get out were by the Current driven towards the South Van Campen chas'd them between the Islands yet the Jonks by their swift sailing escap'd him In the afternoon the Hollanders came again to an Anchor behind Campens Point in nine Fathom Water about a small Cannon-shot from the Shore The tenth they saw two Frigats in the Bay of Pakka viz. the Sea-hound in which the Admiral Bort was as they understood the next day and the Highland which on the eighth was sent thither for Intelligence The eleventh in the morning the Admiral Bort came in the High-land Frigat to an Anchor about half a League from the Vice-Admiral Mean while the Admiral Bort had by Storm taken the Fort Kitat lying in the Bay of Pakka and with it plunder'd all the Towns Villages and Hamlets being twenty in number belonging thereto All which he had written to the Vice-Admiral Van Campen the tenth of the said Month from the Bay of Pakka adding thereto That had he not been detain'd eight days by tempestuous Weather he had been with him before that time to find out Zwathia lying about the North in hopes there to find several Trading Jonks The same day Harman Symonsz went aboard the Vice-Admiral being sent thither by the Admiral from the Bay of Pakka with the Letters before-mention'd bringing also with him a small Supply of fresh Victuals which was equally distributed amongst the Ships They found in Kitat nothing but a little Rice Salt and a little Lumber besides twelve Women and fifteen Youths which were transported for Servants to Batavia The Hollanders fell upon this Place because some of Coxinga's Party resided there The twelfth they descried three Jonks and a Fishers Boat in the North-East one of them being without a Mast Van Campen by the Admirals Order set Sail towards them with five Ships That Jonk which had lost her Mast was onely taken the rest escaping by the advantage of the Tide In the taken Jonk they found no more but onely Salt Rice and Wood. Towards Evening the Frigat came again to the Prize-Jonk and about eight at Night tow'd her along with them to Campens Point In the afternoon the Sea-hound and High-land Frigats and Ter-Boede Pink came up to the Vice-Admiral and at Night Anchor'd South and by West about a League from them Wednesday being the thirteenth the Ter-Boede was sent from the Fleet to the River Hoksieu there to stay till Van Campen's Squadron came back from the North. Against Noon the Overveen Frigat came out of Kitat-Bay near the Fleet and turning up Northerly in the afternoon was forc'd by contrary Winds to lie in seven Fathom water About midnight the Fleet weigh'd Anchor and hearing several Cannons fired and Van Campen fearing some of the Frigats to be run ashore sent his Boats thither and found the Calf to be drove very near the Shore on which the High-land Frigat had also been fast but was got off again whereupon Van Campen return'd Ysbrant Pilot to the Admiral and another were sent aboard of the Vice-Admiral to enquire how many healthy persons he had in his Ship of Seamen and Soldiers and what number of Sea-men he could be able to send ashore fit for Service whereupon he reply'd about thirty Thursday about Noon the Fleet was in twenty seven Degrees and nineteen Minutes Northern-Latitude two Leagues and a half from West and by North from Zwamzwa Cape In the afternoon about two a Clock the Fleet weighed Anchor again and in the Morning were within four Leagues North and by East of Zwatia three Leagues East Nor-East from Cape Elephant and three Leagues and a half West and by South from Zwamzwa About Noon the Fleet forc'd by contrary Winds and Tydes cast Anchor in eleven or twelve Fathom Water about three Leagues Nor-West and Nor-West and by West from the River Zwatia and two Leagues and a half South-east and by East from Cape Elephant where Riding all Night they Sail'd next day toward the North and soon after turn'd Westward up the River of Zwatia where the Vice-Admiral had Cruised with six Sail the twenty eighth and twenty ninth of the last Moneth The Marks whereby Sea-men may know this River are towards the North a great white Shelf and on the Shore many Cliffs A little more to the Northward of it lie two Islands behind which is a safe Harbor About Noon the Fleet found themselves in twenty seven Degrees and thirty five Minutes Eastward from the South-Point of the River Zwatia from whence Sailing West-South-west into the River they had from six to twenty three Fathom Water being the shallowest gravelly Ground and with the same Course they came before Zwatia where they cast Anchor in seven Fathom Water about a Musquet-shot from the Shore on which the short-hair'd Chineses stood with Red Flags a sign of Peace by them as the White is with us in great companies expecting the Netherlanders without any offering to come to their Ships This continu'd a whole hour when the Admiral Bort Commanded the Guns to be fir'd upon the Town The Chineses thus rudely saluted immediately let flie their White Flag in sign of War and shooting with Musquets and Blunderbusses flourish'd their Faulchions and Scythes over their Heads yet betook themselves with all their Movables which they were able to carry out of the City to flight towards the Mountains others with their Vessels ran up the River whereupon the Admiral Bort Commanded the Vice-Admiral Van Campen to go ashore with eight Boats and seven Shallops well Man'd and Arm'd which Bort himself promis'd to follow Van Campen Landing without any resistance on the Shore found the City Re-built and the Houses furnish'd with Tables Chests Stools and Benches besides abundance of Thrash'd and Unthrash'd Rice call'd Bady Salt great store of dry'd and Salt Fish and also Nets There appear'd seven large Temples every one apart in a pleasant Grove Wall'd round about and within Pav'd with Blue Stone where stood many Humane Figures Cloth'd in all sorts of Stuffs Caps Coats Breeches Shoes and Stockings all as alive about Tables on Wax'd Benches or Stools Gilded on each Table stood two large square Vessels or Pots wherein the Priests burn Incense to their Idols with perfum'd Calambak Agar and Sandal-Wood which yield a most fragrant smell On the Tables also lay four pieces of Wood each a large half Foot long round on the top and flat at the bottom which to know future events they throw three times one after another before the Idols Towards Evening Van Campen leaving the Shore went aboard again with all his Men loaden with the best Plunder and many Images not spoil'd by the Tartars Here it is to be observ'd that many Native Chineses are to be understood by the Name of Tartars viz. those who by shaving off
in the Night the Fleet reacht the East Point of the Isle Ainan which according to Bartholomew Verwei's Observation lies much more Northerly than it is plac'd in the general Map On this Isle lies the City Ingly otherwise call'd Ciunchew being fortified with very strong Walls full of handsom Buildings and well seated for Trade the whole Island being in a manner surrounded with Mountains and Woods produceth great plenty of all Necessaries for Humane Sustenance On the Mountains grows the sweet-smelling Craine-Wood and likewise Ebony Roses and Brasile much us'd by the Dyers through all China There are also many Indian Nuts and a Fruit by them call'd Iaca which grows not on the Branches but the Body of the Tree Amongst others there also grows a certain strange Herb in the Chinese Tongue call'd Chitung for the Sea-men are of opinion that they can find by its Joynts or Knobs in what Month and how many Storms there shall be in a whole Year saying The fewer Joynts this Herb hath the less the number of Storms will be and likewise from its Stalks that shoot out of the Joynts from the Root upwards they judge in what Month it will be tempestuous Weather The Island also breeds many Harts and other wild and tame Beasts besides abundance of Birds Near this Island they also fish for Pearls on the Northern Shore between this and the Main Land There is likewise a very strange Fish caught here with four Eyes and six Feet which the Chineses affirm produces also Pearls There is yet another Monster in this Sea whose Head resembles a Birds all the rest a Fish and yields as they say several Precious Stones Between the City Coacheu and the Isle of Hainan they catch some Sea-Crabs which differ not much from the other except in this that as soon as they come out of the Water into the Air they are turn'd into Stone yet still keeping their former Shape The Portuguese and Chineses use them for Medicines against Burning Fevers On the Southside of this Isle the Chineses catch Whales after the same manner as we do at Greenland This Island hath divers Mountains towards the South side whereof one call'd Kinim hath a Quarry of red Marble Not far from Linkao a little Town there lies the Mountain Pisie of which the Chineses tell strange Fictions for they relate That there was a Stag endued with Humane Reason which conducted the Islanders Army through unknown ways and brought them where they block'd up their Enemy that came from Cochinchina to invade them by which means they obtain'd a great Victory and on the same place erected a Temple in his Honor. Eastward of Cincheu is a Lake where a City stood formerly that was swallow'd up by an Earthquake By the little Town Iai rises a Mountain said to be so lofty that neither Wind nor Rain reaches the top and therefore call'd Hoeifung that is Above the Wind. It is very remarkable what the Chineses relate of the Sea near the Town Cium viz. That it neither ebbs nor flows which is observ'd at the neighboring Places but runs one half of the Month towards the East and the other half to the West The City of Ingly is a Place of great Commerce in which there are three Markets every day one of which is held in a very large Place on the East side of the City whither so soon as the Sun rises divers Merchants resort as Arabians Turks Zurats Malabars Abyssines and those of Pegu and Malaya besides many of the Native Inhabitants Indians and Portuguese After this Market is ended which continues till nine a Clock begins a second which is kept before the Governors Palace and lasts till Noon at which time every one retires home to their Dinners In the Afternoon about three a clock the third Market begins in a Place at the South side of the City where those Women for the Females drive the Trade here and not the Men which sell several sorts of Goods stand apart by themselves and separated from one another First stand in a row the Pepper-traders next those that sell Betel Leaves Onekka Water-Melons and Anana's and behind them the Book-sellers In another Quarter are the Ironmongers and Brasiers Shops furnish'd with Armor Poniards Swords and all sorts of Weapons and likewise Sandal-Wood Opposite to them stand such as vend Sugar Honey and all manner of Preserves Not far distant is sold white black red yellow green and gray Beans and lastly appears a handsom Square where all sorts of Herbs either for Food or Physical use may be bought Here also those Merchants which Trade in Linnen and other Commodities by Whole-sale have their Exchange beyond which is a Market for Poultry as Hens Ducks Pigeons Parrots and other Birds and likewise of Cabrito's or Goats Here are also three High Streets In the first on the right side are some Jewellers which sell Rubies Hyacinths and the like on the left side many Chinese Picture-drawers intermix'd with such as sell divers Colours of Sowing-Silks Silk and Damask Stuffs Flannel Sattin Gold Wyre Cloth of Tissue Porcelane Wax'd Baskets Copper Basons Pots and Cans great and small Quicksilver Chests Writing-Paper of all Colours Almanacks Leaf-Gold in Books Looking-glasses Combs Spectacles Brimstone Chinese Scymiters with wax'd Scabbards China-Roots Fans and other Trifles The second is full of Picture-Shops The third is onely for private use Passing on somewhat further you come to the Fruit-Market and through that into the Fish-Market and from thence turning towards the left side to the Shambles beyond which is a peculiar Place where the Women sell by Retail round and long Pepper white and black Cloves Nutmegs Mace Cubebs Cinnamon Cummin Ginger Zedoar Sandal-Wood Rhubarb Galanga Anniseeds and the like On the right side is the Rice-Market close by which the place where they sell Pots Bags Mats and Salt and opposite to it on the left side Oyl The first of March the Fleet sail'd by Tinhosa the second by the Cape de Avarelles on the third they pass'd over the Garden of Holland Breda and Ackersloot Sands lying on the South side of the Paracelles The fourth they sail'd by Candor and on the seventh Anchor'd at the Isle of Timon The eighth was publickly read an Order of the Council by which it was commanded That none either there or at Batavia should sell any of the Chinese Children which the Officers Soldiers or Sea-men had taken either to Moors or Heathens And for the better prevention thereof it was order'd That they should all be numbred which Office was committed to the charge of Peter Suskens Captain Adrian Mouldpenny Secretary Henry Ysbrands and Iohn Renaldus This Order was verbatim as follows SInce there are many Chinese Children as well Females as Males in the Fleet which belong to the Officers Sea-men and Soldiers whom We fear they may sell either here at Poele Timon or when they come to Batavia either to Idolaters or Mahumetans which is neither fitting nor lawful
other Silk which he much scrupled at fearing lest it might be discover'd yet if they would faithfully promise not to speak of any such thing or make mention thereof at Peking he would deliver them some which the Hollanders on the other side as much scrupling they broke off farther Discourse and so parted The next Morning they went again to the Factor about the same Business and told him That before their Journey to Peking the Hopou must make all things even that the Tyger being unladen must go again to Netherland Haven and the Alphen would also be suddenly deliver'd therefore they must now either receive Money or Silks to divide and lade into the Ships Moreover as they pass'd by they call'd at the Vice-Roy's and ask'd him when his Highness would be at leisure to permit the Ambassador to come and confer with him about his addressing himself to the Court. Whereupon the prime Factor seeming to be somewhat dissatisfi'd ask'd if ever they remain'd in their debt that the Hopou should so much press their setling and making even of Accounts before he went to Peking with many other Discourses to the like purpose yet at last promis'd they should have Money the next Morning it lying ready for them with this Answer the Netherlanders took their leave and as they pass'd by went to the Vice-Roy's Court who sent them word that the Ambassador might within two days come and speak with him about the Embassy Mean while two Mandarins came to the Lodge to tell the Ambassador from the General That he must make himself ready for his departure at farthest in seven days demanding a List of the Names of the Persons and number of the Packs Chests and other things that were to go with him which immediately was deliver'd to them In the Morning being the nineteenth four Mandarins came to the Lodge two sent from the General and two from the Vice-Roy to drink to the Ambassador's health and good success in their Journey and at Peking also informing them how they should carry themselves there and also two Interpreters Ienko and Liulako which came with the Mandarins being sent by their Highnesses to observe the Hollanders Transactions nay they were to do nothing without their advice because they knew the Custom of the Countrey and also what was best to be done or otherwise The Netherlanders willing to be led by them answer'd That they would endeavor in all things to give the Vice-Roy and General satisfaction Whereupon the Mandarins took their leave being Presented each of them with a Piece of Crown Serge. The Merchant Harthouwer had a written Order given him according to which he was to govern himself during the Ambassador's absence and likewise the Names and numbers of the Persons that were to stay with him in Hoksieu The twentieth in the Morning after all their Goods and Necessaries were Shipp'd in thirty eight Barques they went away with the Flood and came about Noon to Hoksantiouw Bridge two Leagues distant from Lamthay the Suburbs of Hoksieu where they found the Vessels with their Mandarin and Guides lying at Anchor Here the Netherlanders were forc'd to stay till all their Barques came thither Harthouwer and some other Persons which had accompanied the Ambassador to this Place return'd in the Evening They were no sooner gone but several Mandarins came to ask the Netherlanders how many their Train consisted of being two and thirty whereof five were Negro Boys To which they reply'd That neither the Vice-Roy nor General would suffer above twenty four Persons in all to go because it was written to the Emperor so many should come In the Afternoon about four a Clock the Hollanders being twenty four in number that belong'd to several Offices went at the Flood with about fifty Barques Westerly up the River Min and came in the Evening about seven a Clock to an Isle lying about a Cannon-shot from the Village call'd Unwono where they stay'd that Night being got a League to the Westward The two and twentieth at Day-break they set Sail again and about nine a Clock pass'd Howtong a Village lying on the right-side of the River In the Afternoon they Sail'd by Petjong Hongia and Tiksoya on the same Shore they came in the Dusk of the Evening before Congimon having that day by Rowing and Sailing gotten five Leagues more to the Westward All the fore-mention'd Villages were thick built with Houses that were little better than our Huts or Hovels but the adjacent Fields abounding with Rice and store of other Grain The three and twentieth in the Morning they proceeded the Wind still favoring them and about nine a Clock pass'd by Binkin a Village by some call'd Mincing three Leagues from Congimon standing behind a Hill a little up in the Countrey on the left-side of the River Min. This Town is adorn'd with fair Buildings and a high Steeple which appears with its Spiry top above the Mountain and seen by all those that pass by it In the Afternoon they had in view Anike Siaivang and Twavigh the first of which Towns lies on the right and the other two on the left Hand the last being about three Leagues from Binkin at four after Noon they arriv'd at Chukaw where they rested that Night to get Coelies to Tow their Boats because the Stream ran very slack having that day made six Leagues and a half more Westerly The Verges of the River here are nothing but hilly and barren Cliffs The twenty fourth in the Morning the Wind at north-North-East they got two Coelies for every Vessel and going on their Journey about eight a Clock pass'd by Caukawa a Village on the left side of the River a League from Chukaw and in the Evening Landed at Poutcham where they saw some decay'd Houses having that day gain'd though with no small danger of Rocks and strong Water-falls three Leagues The next Morning being the twenty fifth they left Poutcham and about two a Clock in the Afternoon pass'd by Tiongopan and Iunchiam both lying on the left side of the River the last being two Leagues distant from Poutcham and in the Evening they came over against Ukekaun near a Watch-house having not gotten above three Leagues all that day because of the Sholes and contrary Current The twenty sixth in the Morning putting forward they were drawn up over Sholes and Rocks which by the violent Precipes and fall of the Stream seem'd very dreadful and not without imminent danger as appear'd by the Barque in which the Comptroller Ruwenort was which Rowing about as they suppos'd for advantage ran on a Rock and sunk immediately yet most of the Goods were sav'd though weâ—… In the Afternoon they reach'd Kantang and Poinpang Villages standing on the right side going up and in the Evening Landed near a Watch-house call'd Bokkay where they reposed that Night having gone but two Leagues and a half that day and with great trouble The twenty seventh about Day-break they weigh'd and
in the Morning going on farther and passing through the Village Laytschem they arriv'd at Luesinga in the Evening where dropping Anchor they stay'd all Night to get fresh Coelies to Tow their Vessels with which they came that day but three Leagues because of the slow progress of the Emperor's Barques The fourth leaving Luesinga they came after they had been Tow'd through the Village call'd Sucouw to the City Tanyang in the Afternoon Sailing along the Walls thereof to the East Suburb where they stay'd that Night to get new Coelies having that day Sail'd and been Tow'd in a Northerly Course three Leagues The fifth in the Morning they set forth again with fresh Coelies and leaving the City Tanyang pass'd by a Lake which by three Sluces empties her Waters into this Channel In the Afternoon they came to a little Village call'd Hongunpek where they spent some time in resting themselves being much tir'd by slippery Ways and the Wind being against the Vessels whose high building had the greater force of them So soon as they had eaten they went away again and in the Evening arriv'd at the Village Singfon where they were forced by tempestuous Weather to drop Anchor having that day by several Courses been Tow'd two Leagues and a half The sixth in the Morning leaving Singhfon they saw several Stone Ovens about Noon passing by the Walls of the City Sinkiang or Chinkiang they dropt Anchor at the North Suburb to make preparation for their going up the Nanking Stream or River Kiang and likewise as their Mandarine Guides said to exchange some Barques having this day been Tow'd about two Leagues The seventh in the Morning several Tartar Mandarins came to Complement the Ambassador and bid him welcom whilst he entertain'd them with a Glass of Wine One of them after his departure sent the the Ambassador a Porker a Goat and some Fruit which he thankfully receiv'd and in return sent him some counterfeit Pearls which he would else have bought The Ambassador was also by a Mandarin invited to Dinner with the Governor of that Place whither he went in the Afternoon another Mandarin coming from the foremention'd Governor with Horses to fetch him with Putmans the Secretary and all his Retinue except Nobel who could not go because of his indisposition and coming to the Governor they were courteously receiv'd and welcom'd This Lord gaz'd so exceedingly upon the Netherland Ambassador and his Retinue that he forgot his Eating and Drinking by which means also no Discourse hapned amongst them of any remark so that the Netherlanders after a civil Entertainment took their leave In the Evening the Interpreters Ienko and Liulako came to tell the Ambassador that they had a second time been sent for to the fore-mention'd Governor who ask'd them for the number and quality of the Emperor's Presents which as far as they knew they had given him an account of in Writing whereat he was exceedingly amaz'd saying That without doubt they would be very acceptable Moreover he ask'd them if the Ambassador had no Blood-Coral Pistols Sword-blades counterfeit Pearls and the like because he would willingly buy some of them and therefore desir'd that they would please to speak to the Ambassador Which being consider'd by the Netherlanders and observ'd that this was a Tartar and a Man of great Quality who in and about the City bore the Command over a great number of Soldiers and that he might do much for their advantage at Peking they judg'd it convenient in the Morning to send and present him with five Ells and a half of Stammel five of Sky-colour'd Cloth a Perspective Glass two Pieces of Linnen one String of Amber Beads and some counterfeit Pearls and with them were sent a Complementing Letter to this effect THe Ambassador is extreamly satisfi'd with and oblig'd for Talavja's or his Lordships Civilities and desires him to accept of these small Gifts as a token of Friendship and in so doing will farther oblige the Hollanders Captain Putmans was order'd to carry the Governor the fore-mention'd Presents and Letter that Morning but saw him come early Riding towards the Barques so that it was thought fit to stay till his Return Mean while the Ambassador's Son went with the Pilot and Interpreter Maurice a Fowling on the Banks of the River Kiang The Governor returning in the Afternoon came with four of his chiefest Lords to see the Oxen and Horses and also to visit the Ambassador protesting he could not avoid waiting on him being so much pleas'd with his Conversation Whereupon the Ambassador call'd for his Musick with the pleasure of which he seem'd even ravish'd After which being entertain'd with Spanish Wine and Sweet-meats he departed The Gifts design'd for the Governor were now ready to be presented but he modestly refus'd them saying He could not accept of them as yet giving him many thanks in the mean time Then asking Genko and Liulako the Interpreters who were there present if the Geueral of Hanksieu and Conbon of Seucheu had receiv'd any Presents of the Ambassador To which they answer'd That the General of Hanksieu had not but the Conbon of Sucheu was pleas'd to cull out a couple of Swords Whereupon he a second time refus'd the Gifts but adding That if any Swords had been mention'd in the Note he would have been glad of them Wherefore the Ambassador after his departure chose a Sword from a peculiar Parcel for they had but few and in stead of a Pistol of which also they had no great store for all the enquiring was for those two sorts of Arms added a Carbine to the Presents Which done Putmans went a second time to the Governor with them The Swords Carbine Sky-colour'd Cloth and counterfeit Pearl he receiv'd but the rest he sent back when several of the Generals Children coming to see the Ambassador in his Barque were in respect to their Parents presented with Amber Necklaces and other Trifles After the Netherlanders had stay'd till towards the Evening waiting for Vessels to Ferry them over the River Kiang for there were none but a great Boat which the Mandarin Guide Hiulavja kept for himself under pretence that that which he came in was grown leaky they went with all their Vessels to the Mouth of the Haven before a Pagode where they stay'd all that Night whilst the Guide Mandarins offer'd a Goat and a Swine to their Deity before which as they say they durst not Sail up the River The chiefest of them went into the Pagode or Temple carrying the slain Sacrifice to lay it on the Altar when the Priest at their approach fell devoutly upon his Knees and began to Mutter and Pray to himself In the Temple being Painted Red hung several Lamps which burnt Night and Day for the Deceas'd Souls On one side of the Altar stood a Trough wherein they laid the Victim and on the other a Rush Box with small pieces of Canes which were the Sortes or Lots cast by
thence to Peking When they come to this City they are all search'd and measur'd by the Vice Roy's Order who afterwards sends them to the Court. In this Suburb are also two Custom-houses one for Merchandises and the other for Ships but not for the Emperor's use The Money which is hereby rais'd is bestow'd on the repairing of Sluces Graffs and Banks near several Water-falls yet notwithstanding a great part thereof goes to the Emperor's Exchequer On the North side of the City in this Channel are three Water-falls of which the first and nearest to the River Hoai is the most troublesom because out of this River the Water comes with great force which is stopp'd by nine great Banks that it may not overflow the whole Countrey Not far from Haoigan the Netherlanders pass'd by Pantja and several other Villages and also by a great number of the Emperor's Jonks laden with Tributary Goods In the Evening they arriv'd at Zinkhiunzoe where they were to pass by a Sluce having by Noon been Tow'd almost three Leagues The twenty fifth about Noon leaving Namemio they cross'd the Yellow River which runs South-East and North-West by the foremention'd Village to the Western Shore on which the Coelies were Landed opposite to the Village Singho and then tow'd them North-North-West up the Yellow River till they came to the Village before-mention'd where they stay'd for fresh Men. Mean while a Siampan or Boat came aboard with a Priest and two Persons calling themselves Magicians or Cunning-men one of them having a Bodkin stuck through his Cheek and continually shaked their Bodies as if they had been possess'd which they made the poor People believe also telling the Men in the Ambassadors Vessel That they should have a fair Wind the next day and a successful Voyage whereupon the Master who stood quaking before them gave them some Silver which was all they desired and also some Gold and Silver Paper which he entreated them to offer to their Deity Van Hoorn also to be rid of them gave them some Money There are many of these sort of People in China which by strange Gestures and scourging of themselves after a peculiar manner so get Alms from the Charity of the People Some lay red-hot Cinders on their bald Heads where they let them burn so long till the stench of the Broyling offends the Spectators whilst they by crying wringing of their Hands and the like enduring so great Torment move all that are present to a charitable Benevolence There accustom also in the chiefest Cities and Places of greatest Commerce especially at Annual Fairs whole Companies of blind Beggars which at the uttering of some Words which they mutter strike themselves so violently with a sharp and cutting Stone on their Breasts that sometimes the Blood trickles down their Bellies Others knock their Foreheads one against another with such violence that they seem to crack one anothers Skulls which they continue till fainting they fall in a Swoon unless prevented by a considerable Alms. Some again lying along on the Ground beat their Heads against the Stones till they have great Swellings as big as Eggs upon their Foreheads Besides these there are many other Idle People in China who by several Cheats maintain themselves by the Gifts of Charitable Persons The Beggars amongst others go up and down in Companies as our Gipseys who for their debauch'd living are accounted as the most infamous of the Nation Most of them are deform'd either born so or else made so wilfully by their Parents in their Infancy with incredible Torture for there are some with wry Necks or Mouths crook Backs long hooked Noses or squint Eyes and lame Arms or Legs There are likewise many Mountebanks who use several wild Beasts especially Tygers made tame by Degrees on which to the admiration of the Beholders they sit and ride through many Cities and Villages which walk along the Streets very softly with a Branch in its Mouth which holding wide open is very fearful to look upon besides his Tail which he swings to and fro yet hurts none The Rider who knows without either Bit or Bridle to govern the Tyger onely by moving his Body and Feet hath a wide Coat over his under Clothes with Sleeves so large that they hang down half way to the Calfs of his Legs Over his right Shoulder comes a Girdle which is made fast under his left Arm in manner like a Scarf In his left Hand he grasps a Sword with which he cuts the Air and now waves it over his Head and then side-ways crying and extolling like our Stage-Doctors his Balsoms Unguents and Plaisters good against all Wounds and Distempers whatsoever This Mountebank is generally accompanied with many deform'd People some following him on Crutches others with Rattles most of them go naked others again wear wide Coats full of Patches of divers Colours and Stuffs others which is strange to behold have stiff Wings on their Temples on each side of their Heads IT was late in the Afternoon before fresh Toers came from the Village Singo nevertheless the Netherlanders going forward pass'd by Sinkiazuan and about Night arriv'd at another small Village containing about ten or twelve Houses call'd Ioupou where they dropp'd Anchor having that day been tow'd but two Leagues and a half The twenty sixth they went by break of day from Ioupou and came having pass'd Conghiveao Tsantzan and Govetchia the two first on the East and the last on the West side of a River about a Cannon-shot Southward from the City Taujenjeen where they were forc'd to stay for fresh Coelies having that day gain'd three Leagues and a quarter according to the Course of the Yellow River Taujenjeen otherwise call'd Taoyven scituate on the Western Shore of the Yellow River is surrounded with broad and strong Mud or Earthen Walls fortifi'd above with Stone Breast-works The twenty seventh they proceeded on their Journey with fresh Toers and leaving the City Taujenjeen went on Easterly and at Noon pass'd by Suytsien lying on the East side of the Yellow River and also by divers Rusticks Houses which stood on each side thereof At Noon they came to a nameless Hamlet of seven or eight Houses on the West side of the Stream where they stay'd all Night because the Mandarins it beginning to blow somewhat hard durst not venture further This day they were got about three Leagues onwards of their Journey The next Morning being the twenty eighth they reach'd the Villages Goesjan Pojancho and Gousuntu the one on the East and two last on the Western Shore of the Stream In the Afternoon they arriv'd at Tsinsing where they lay still expecting fresh Coelies being got three Leagues and a half that day on several Courses Somewhat Easterly from Tsinsing appears a fair Castle within a Wall which towards the North takes in a Mount The twenty ninth in the Morning weighing from Tsinsing they came having sail'd a League Westerly to Kousango a
Village where the Channel call'd Iun takes its beginning and discharges its Waters through a Sluce viz. This Channel Iun begins on the Northern Borders of the Province of Peking in the Territory Hoaiganfu Northward from the City Socien on the North side of the Yellow River out of which the Ships that go to all Places in the Northern part of the Empire are brought into the Channel Iun which spreads it self North-West from thence through the second County Iencheufu in the Province of Xantung to the City Cining Southward of the Lake Nanyang then through those of Tungchunfu and through the Nanyang and lastly at the end of that Territory it disembogues in the River Guei which separates the Provinces of Xantung and Peking But because this Channel in many Places is too shallow for Vessels of Burthen there are above twenty Sluces which they call Tungoa built artificially with Stone every Sluce hath a large Water-gate which is open'd when any small Boats or Vessels are to pass and strongly barr'd up with Posts and Planks to keep up the Water These fore-mention'd Gates are open'd with an Engine or Wheel-work with little trouble to let the Water through and so from one to another till they have past through like the Sluces at our new River at Guilford But half way before they come to the City Cining they let as much Water out of the Lake Usianghoe or Can through a very great Water-gate as they have occasion for them locking it again that the Lake may not be quite exhausted When the Ships come to the Lake Chang they cross it not but go with greater ease along a Channel made near the side and Confin'd with two broad Banks At every Water-gate are People which for small consideration pull the Vessels through with Ropes In this manner the Ships go out of the Yellow River to Peking Certainly if the European Builders or Layers of Water-courses did come along this Channel Iun and behold the thickness and heighth of the Banks on both sides and the stately Water-gates which are also of Free-Stone or the firmness of the Work they would justly admire the Contrivance and Art of the Chineses in this their way of Aqueduct not to be paralell'd by the prime Pieces of the best Masters in Europe After all the Boats were Tow'd through the fore-mention'd Water-gates they Sail'd up the Channel Iun in a Northerly Course with a fair Wind by the Villages Mochoctan and Uwtaotchou the first on the West and the last on the East side of the Channel and in the Evening came to Maulovao on the Western Shore having this day wrought out six Leagues and a half Here they they were forc'd to exchange their Coelies because the other that came from Sinsing a Place two Leagues and a half distance from thence had gone their Stage Van Hoorn no way satisfi'd with these delays told the Mandarin Guides that they ought to have sent Coelies before that they might have been ready against his coming thither and then rehearsed the long time which he had already spent when as they might have finish'd their Journey in six Weeks all which said he you can scarce answer in Peking if the Emperor's Presents should be any ways damnifi'd which they are subject to The thirtieth at Noon no Coelies coming they went with some Soldiers into the Countrey to Press some of the Rusticks which was done so leisurely that it was almost Night before they got from Maulovao and Sail'd the whole Night though with a slow pace because their Vessels often rak'd upon the Sand. In the Morning the first of May they past by Kiakio and Sankomiao two decay'd Villages on the East side of the Channel somewhat up into the Countrey and about Noon pass'd by Thoetsuang beyond which they lay still a little while till their Toers had Din'd Then going on again they arriv'd in the Evening at a small Village call'd Sjousincha and Anchor'd before a Water-gate having since the last Night gain'd six Leagues in several Courses The second in the Morning about nine a Clock they pass'd through the Water-gate before which they lay the Night before being hindred there by a strong North-West Wind. In the Afternoon coming to Twansingiao they again lay before one of the Water-gates till the Wind was something abated Whilst they lay there one of the Emperor's Barques laden with Tributary Goods just to the Northward of the Village was accidentally set on fire but soon quenched onely burning her Stern and very little of her Lading Towards Evening they pass'd the fore-mention'd Water-gate and Sail'd in the Moon-shine through Singhjamiao and its Water-gates and about Midnight Anchor'd before Wansensua having that day gain'd but a League and a half About day-light they got through the fore-mention'd Sluce and at Noon arriv'd at Milanchia where they were to pass another but because the Wind blew very hard they cast Anchor before it This Village of Milanchia separates the Province of Nanking from that of Xantung being seated on their Borders Against the Evening the Weather growing more calm they went with their Vessels through the Water-gate beyond the Village at the end of which they stay'd having the whole day not gain'd above three quarters of a League and pass'd out of the Province of Nanking into that of Xantung The Province of Xantung being the fourth of the Northern verges South-East and North with the Sea and on the West side surrounded with Rivers in the North it borders upon the Province of Peking in the South on that of Nanking from which separated by the Yellow River The remainder thereof lies inclos'd within the Rivers of Iun and Guei The fourth in the Morning weighing again they pass'd through Tsingchia and Hanghsuansa and also through two Water-gates To the Westward or behind this Village a great Lake by the Chineses call'd Yzianghoe takes its beginning and through two Sluces discharges Waters into those of Iun. In the Evening though late they came to the Village Tzizang where they stay'd all Night being got three Leagues and a half farther in several Courses that day The fifth about Day-break they went forward and about Noon reach'd Iaixinho or Iaxhinno a little Town consisting of thirty six Houses all built like Forts or defensive Towers Here they stay'd some time for fresh Coelies who being come they weighed again and first pass'd through a Water-gate lying in the fore-mention'd Iaixinho afterwards through Tsonoiacha and two Water-gates more In the Evening they arriv'd at Maaliaeao where they stay'd all Night having gain'd four Leagues that day Here as before began to appear a Lake on the East side of the Channel The Countrey to the Hills seeming to lie thereabouts under Water The sixth in the Morning before day setting forward again they pass'd through ten Flood-gates and also by and through Tsouteucha and Naeyang Loutchiajeen Tongnang-fong Tsiongiaceen Chinkio Sinchia Tsoufee and Sohousum In the Evening they arriv'd at
for Shipping the Vessels and Barques that come Laden to this City with all sorts of Merchandize from most places in China here pay Custom to three Treasurers chosen for that purpose On the North side you may see a Bridge with nine Arches over which they pass from one part of the City to the other one of which Arches is made so artificially that it may be remov'd and give Passage to the biggest Vessels after they have paid their Custom The City seated in a plain and Sandy Soil hath a Mud-Wall Fortifi'd on the top with Stone Breast-works having on the North side fifteen Bulwarks and two Redoubts Half a League from the Walls on the North side of the City is an exceeding high Tower built with eight corners rising from the Ground with nine Galleries every one nine Cubits above another so that the whole heighth amounts to ninety Cubits The Out-Wall consists of fine Porcelane Earth curiously adorn'd with Imagery and Painting the Inner of various colour'd Marble Pollish'd as smooth as Glass especially the Black The Ascent is by a pair of winding Stairs not made in the middle but betwixt two Walls which hath its Entrance at every Story and from thence to the Marble Galleries and Gilded Iron Rails which as an Ornament are made round about the Galleries at whose corners hang little Bells in such a manner that being mov'd by the Wind they make a pleasing sound On the uppermost Story stands a great Image thirty Foot high Cast of Copper and Gilt to which being a Goddess the Tower is Dedicated From the upper Gallery the whole City with the adjacent Countrey yield a pleasing and delightful Prospect On one side of this Tower stands a fair Pagode or Temple worth the seeing for the great Gilded Images which are in it In the Afternoon they were Tow'd along the River Guei through the Village Wantouwo and in the dusk of the Evening they arriv'd at Ifong a little Village where they Anchor'd being gotten three Leagues with the Tyde from Linsing This River Guei takes its Original on the West side of Gueihoei the fourth City of Eminency in the Province of Honan and from thence runs with many crooked Meanders between Xantung and Peking and at the Castle Tiencin disembogues into a Bay call'd Cang which borders on the great Indian Ocean The first of Iune Weighing again by break of Day they had sight of Oepoeye and Wankelo two pretty Villages at Noon they were Tow'd Easterly by the City of Vohincheen but without stay so in the Afternoon passing Sangnes about the Evening they arriv'd at Chianmaing where they were to change their Toers having that day gain'd five Leagues in several Courses The second in the Morning having gotten fresh Coelies they set out from Chiamaing and past by Tsasuang and Singkiakouw and in the Evening they arriv'd at the City of Oesingjeen or Uciening otherwise call'd Vuching the fourteenth City belonging to the Metropolis Tungchang in the Province of Xantung where they cast Anchor Vuching lies Inclos'd with a square Wall on the East side of the River having on the same a well-built Suburb This day they gain'd five Leagues and a half according to the Course of the Stream which thereabouts is full of windings and shallow Water The third in the Morning they reach'd the Villages Thunloo Soenusoe and Teckchiouw and at Noon arriv'd at the City Taatchiouw otherwise call'd Tachu This City lieth in a Square as most of the other Cities in China built on the right side of the River Guei as you go up the same it is inlarg'd with a fair and Populous Suburb The City it self though full of handsom Houses yet hath lost much of his former Luster suffering in the last Tartar Wars The Wall is about thirty Foot high well built and Fortifi'd with Bulwarks and Breast-works The chiefest Trade of the Inhabitants consists in the Brewing of as we may call it Chinese Beer which the Tartars Transport from thence to other places Here they lay still a little while waiting for fresh Toers which having gotten they Weigh'd again and came that Evening to Soukuntang a Village where they staid to change their Toers again having this day gain'd six Leagues and a half The next Morning being the fourth having gotten other Coelies they proceeded on their Journey and past by some Vessels that were come from Peking in one of which was the General of the Province of Quantung sent thither to succeed him that was then there having in regard of his great Age desir'd a Writ of Ease About nine a Clock they Landed at Sangjueen where they tarry'd some time from thence going on in the Afternoon they came to Ghanning and Seufeukhouw and against the Evening at Lienuchoe where they Anchor'd having that day gone six Leagues According to the information of the Villagers here the Province of Xantung parted from that of Peking though others will have it that those two Provinces are separated by the City Taatchiouw The fifth in the Morning they Weigh'd at break of Day and Sailing down the River with a fair Wind from Lienuhoe they past about eight a Clock by Taloeveen at nine a Clock Westward by the City Tonquangchien or Tungquiang on the South side of the River Guei about a Musquet shot up into the Countrey This City as the rest built Square contains about an Hours walk in Circumference Inviron'd with strong Walls and deep Moats In the Market-place in the middle of the City stands a great Iron Lyon and the Countrey about is planted with all manner of Trees pleasant to behold At Noon they Landed at Ieusang in the Evening at Poethouw where they dropt Anchor waiting for new Toers having this Day Sail'd four Leagues in the Province of Peking The next Morning so soon as Day-light appear'd they left Poethouw with a fair Wind and new Toers and in the Forenoon past Suskiajeen Sjenzoctan Swykvao Sakkiavoy Siensiteen Fonkiakoul Sangui and Suangcho and at Noon arriv'd at the City of Siangchiouw where they found other Toers ready with which they immediately went away again and past that Afternoon by Paliswang Zaysisung Ulchilitung Soucoulthon Suckiaswun Sang Isuang Ul and Vly besides many Pagodes and Hamlets of decay'd Houses and arriv'd in the Evening at the City of Chinche where they lay still that Night to be furnish'd with fresh Coelies The seventh before Day-light new Coelies coming they immediately went on their Journey and very early past by and through several Villages viz. Sanquesucan Iaquacouw Tonchekouw Palisuang and about eight a Clock they went Eastward along by the City Chingchee By this City a River running up into the Countrey takes its Course to the South soon after they went by Sayetwang Masang Haysoemat and Suang At Noon they past thorow Lioucho where they should have chang'd their Toers but the Wind blowing very fair they past by without striking Sail which favoring them all the Afternoon they went by nine Villages
Interpreters came aboard to tell the Ambassador That they could not speak with his Excellency that Evening he being gone to sleep before they came but they would go to him early the next Morning as accordingly they did desiring to know of the Ambassador what time he might wait upon him But returning they brought word That his Excellency durst not permit it because he had not yet had Audience from the Emperor Mean time his Highness Sail'd by the Netherlanders accompany'd with twenty great Barges The City Gioechioe is a Ruin'd place bury'd almost in heaps of Rubbish occasion'd by the last War After they had gotten Coelies they left that City though with slow advance because the River notwithstanding the Wind was good in many places as they had seen the day before was full of dry Sands yet at last passing by Sanghkiatwangh they could because of the Night coming on get no further than Wanghiapan where they came to an Anchor having notwithstanding they had a good Wind Sail'd but two Leagues and a little more The fifteenth in the Morning they Weigh'd again and with Sailing and Towing past by Ponsinghou and Googothien and in the Afternoon arriv'd at Goechin where they staid all Night having this day gain'd three Leagues About half a League from Goechin lies the City Goeycen North-West into the Countrey which appear'd but little to the Netherlanders for they did not put in to it but seem'd rather like a large Castle than a City A little before they arriv'd at Goechien a grand Mandarin a Tartar as it was said Nephew to the present Emperor came to Complement and Visit the Ambassador in his Barge where he was entertain'd with a Glass of Spanish Wine which having drank and seen the Horses he took his leave The sixteenth leaving Goechien they proceeded on their Journey and pass'd by many Houses built on both sides of the River and also by some Villages as Kongidieen t' Santan Nainaimeao Iaumeao and Xantiento the Suburb of Sangsinghwey and in the Evening arriv'd on the East side of the same City before a great Plain lying between the City Walls and the River having this day Sail'd three Leagues Here they were to lie because the River being in a manner dry they could get no higher till the Emperors Order came to unlade the Presents and go with them by Land to Peking which was four Leagues distance The seventeenth nothing happen'd of remark The eighteenth several Mandarins came to Visit and Welcom the Ambassador and likewise that Mandarin which was with him on the fifteenth which was said to be the Emperors Nephew who gave the Ambassador two Sheep for a Fire-Lock which he much desir'd Amongst other Discourses Van Hoorn ask'd this Lord If no other Ambassadors from any other place were in Peking To which he answer'd None but some from the Corean Isles which were shortly to return There happen'd little of note here only the Mandarin Guide came to acquaint the Ambassador that the next Morning Carts and Coelies would come to carry the Goods to Peking and that one of the Lipous would be at a Town call'd Tonghsieuw four Leagues from thence to receive the Ambassador in the Emperor's Name and conduct him to Peking The next Morning being the nineteenth many Carts Coelies and Horses came to fetch the Presents with all the Persons belonging to the Embassy and their Goods to Peking by Land whereupon the Ambassador gave immediate Order for the unlading of them in which they spent all the Morning The Ambassador gave the Barge-men though every one apart which came with him and his Retinue from Sucheu and Hoaigan eighty six Tail of Silver with which they were very well contented About Noon the Netherlanders set forward on their Journey to Tongsieuw with the Presents and their other Goods which were guarded by some Troopers and between a concourse of thousands of Townsmen Rusticks Women and Children About three a Clock coming to Tongsieuw all the Goods were put into an old decay'd House where the Netherlanders also Lodg'd but found small conveniencies The twentieth setting forth by Day-light and having Rid thorow Palikua Swango and Kapucheen they came within half a League of Peking where they were Welcom'd by one of the Lipous call'd Liu Lavja a Native Tartar who kindly receiv'd them and after some Complements conducted them to the City which they enter'd just about Noon in good order Coming within the Gates of Peking they thank'd God for his Mercy in bringing them so great a Journey all in good Health being a Way of many Leagues in which they had spent six Moneths Travelling both by Water and Land by and thorow thirty seven Cities three hundred thirty five Villages and thirty four Temples They were led by the Emperors Palace to the Tartars or Prime Chancellors Court standing behind the Emperors where all his Imperial Majesties Presents according to order were to be left and then the Hollanders to go to their Lodgings prepar'd for them The Streets through which they pass'd swarm'd with People thousands standing on each side of the way which made so great a Dust to which inconveniency the Streets in Peking are very subject that they could scarcely see wherefore they were bid to sit down under the Gate or entrance of the Court from amongst the croud of the People which by thousands stood before it there to stay for the Presents which were left somewhat behind in their Riding through the City Having staid about a quarter of an Hour under the Gate and drank a Cup of Tee the Goods came whereupon the Hollanders were led into a Chamber leaving Putmans and some of the Retinue to look to and separate the Emperors Presents from the other The Ambassador and Nobel with the rest coming into the Chamber they found some Secretaries sitting on a Table which pointed to Van Hoorn to sit on the Floor but he said he could better stand which they observing bid him sit on the same Table where they sat which he accordingly did Then the foremention'd Secretaries began to ask the Ambassador by Order of the Lipous the following Questions viz. Concerning his Quality From whence the Horses and Oxen came How old they were and how many Miles every Horse could go in a Day To all which Questions he gave them fitting answers They likewise ask'd who was the chief in Quality Whether the Ambassadors Son or Nobel because the General of Hoksieu had plac'd the Ambassadors Son first To which was answer'd That the Lord Van Hoorn's Son was according to the Lord Generals Order in Batavia to have the upper place besides many other frivolous Questions not worthy rehearsal Mean while the Lipou which had fetch'd in the Netherlanders came to bring them some Meat dress'd after the Chinese manner which they kindly accepted of having eaten nothing all that day before Putmans also came to tell the Ambassador that after the Netherlanders had taken nineteen Chests with
ensuing Year when they would come thither again IV. Lastly I Command you to deliver this Letter to the Ambassador and to acquaint me so soon as he is gone from our Coast Hereupon I expect a speedy Answer Nobel's writing concerning the Overveen being by the Ambassador and his Councel consider'd on it was judg'd convenient to send for the Frigat to Tinghay Therefore the Ambassador inform'd Nobel that he had receiv'd his Letter with the Translation and thereby understood that Povi had answer'd very slightly concerning Balfours and the Overveens staying without being able to depend upon it their hopes of venting their Merchandize was also now quite vanish'd so that he resolv'd and had found it convenient to send for the Overveen to Tinghay because the Governors did not keep their promise in furnishing her with Provisions If the Chineses should ask him the reason of the Ships going away he should answer them that it should lie under Tinghay so long as they had any Provisions left whereby he might see if they intended to keep her there any longer and govern himself accordingly Theninth nothing happen'd of remark The tenth three Chinese Jonks that came out of the North Sail'd by the Ambassador in the Victoria up the Channel of Hoksieu In the Afternoon Nobel arriv'd at Tinghay in the Overveen and having dropt Anchor he went aboard of the Ambassador to tell him That the eighth instant in the Evening some petty Officers were come aboard from the Chinese Jonks to ask when the Ambassador would set Sail and Nobel go from thence with the Frigat To which he had answer'd That the Ambassador would leave that place with the first fair Weather and that he would be gone from thence with the Overveen the next Morning with which they seeming to be pleas'd took their leave The twelfth it was resolv'd in Councel upon the Ambassador's Proposal on the seventeenth instant if good Weather to set Sail for Batavia without urging the Governors any more to permit them to Trade because they saw by all Circumstances that no good was to be done there that year The fourteenth the Overveen Frigat set Sail by Siam to Batavia according to their resolution taken on the twelfth Soon after her departure two Chinese Coya's came to Tinghay where some Officers coming to the Ambassador said That they were sent by the Governor of Minjazeen to enquire when the Ambassador would be gone Who answering said That he had been indispos'd or else he would have been gone e're that time but that he resolv'd three or four days hence to set Sail from Tinghay Moreover the Ambassador told them that it was very strange to him that no advice came from Peking about the coming of the Ships because he had acquainted the Lipous that he expected Ships to come to Hoksieu with Merchandize and also to fetch him and that the Lipous had answer'd him that so soon as they receiv'd advice from the General they would consult and give Order concerning it But since no order was come from the Lipous it was a sign that the General or Governor of Minjazeen had not yet written about it to Peking and considering he had inform'd the Lipous of it himself they would resent it very ill when they should hear of the Ships being there and they were not acquainted with it and serve this General and the Governor of Minjazeen as the former General had been for it would be a business of great Consequence to let the Ambassador go away with three such deep laden Vessels Hereupon the Officers making no reply said That if the Ambassador did stay some days longer that several Mandarins would come to him in great Jonks from the General in Hoksieu To which the Ambassador reply'd That they and who e're else came should be welcome to him and receiv'd as friends desiring that they would acquaint the Governor of Minjazeen with what he had said which they promising to do ask'd to know the day on which the Ambassador would depart which he said would be the third from that and if any one came to him in the interim it was well but if none came he would assuredly be gone with which answer they return'd The fifth in the Morning the Netherlanders saw four Jonks and two Coya's coming out of the Channel of Hoksieu which the next Morning were seen about the Wood-Bay where they stood to and again without coming nearer to the Ships But the Coya's came close to them out of one of which a Servant belonging to the Governor of Minjazeen came in a Champan or small Boat aboard the Ambassador sent to him from his Master to enquire concerning his Excellency's Health and when he would set Sail and said moreover that the Povi had writ to the Emperor that the Ambassador went away from thence the twelfth of the last Moon and now it was publickly known that his Excellency was not yet gone therefore he came to know the certain time when the Ambassador would set Sail and withal to tell him that if he intended to stay any longer he should go and lie between the Isles without the sight of the main Land and to declare his mind whether he would be gone or not To which the Ambassador answer'd That he would set Sail from thence but that the General and Governor of Minjazeen might perhaps answer for it that they let the Ambassador go away with three such deep laden Vessels with which answer the Servant took his leave When the Netherlanders saw that the Jonks which kept without shot from them made into the Channel again with their Coya's they according to their resolution taken on the twelfth made Preparations to set Sail for Batavia The seventeenth in the Morning the Ambassador set Sail with four Ships viz. the Victoria Batavia Crane and Bleiswyk from the ruin'd City Tinghay and Steering his Course east-south-East-South-East between the Turret-Isles close by the Island Naerd and about Midnight guessing themselves to be past the Rough-Isle they Steer'd South-West and by West In the middle of the Morning-Watch the Wind began to rise and the next day prov'd very Stormy when as they suppos'd they saw the Isle of Quemuy as the following day they judg'd from their Soundings that they were near the Sandy Banks The twentieth passing the Makaw Islands they Steer'd their Course to the Isle of Ainan which was descry'd on the two and twentieth having Tinhosa about Noon two Leagues and a half Northward from them The Ambassador having been indispos'd for some days and beginning daily to grow weaker by reason of the hollow Seas and small Breezes which made the Ship roul much he sent the Bleiswyk on the twenty fourth to the Overveen and Crane to tell them that they should keep together and he would with the Bleiswyk go before to the Island Pulo Timaon where he would stay for them In the Evening there being a Serene Sky the Ambassador saw the Mountain of Sinesecuwe on his side and in
with ease lie on the same without touching one another Northward from the City Hukeu lies the Mountain Yechung that is Stone-Clock for the Water of the Lake being driven by the Wind against this Mountain makes a noise like a Bell. On the Shore of the River Kiang by the same City the Mountain Matang is noted for the many Ships that have been lost on the same for if any Vessel chance to go never so little from the Shore the Current being so exceeding strong drives them against the Rocks and splits them in pieces In the County Kienchangfu Westward from the chief City Kienchang the Mountain Masu the thirty sixth in order in the Books of Tausu extends four hundred Furlongs By the City Quanchang the Mountain Chunghoa divides it self at the top into several Hillocks whereof all are barren except one which being green and full of Trees is crown'd with a Temple In the County Vucheufu Northward from the City Vucheu is the Mountain Sangkiu on which they say is a strange Image in the shape of a Man which according to the several variations of the Air changes its colour so that the neighboring People know certainly by it what Weather they shall have In the County Linkiangfu on the North side of the City Linkiang is the Mountain Comao the thirty third in order in the Books of Tausu Many Omens of good fortune the Chineses fancy to themselves in this Mountain By the City Sinkin is the Mountain Iosu the seventeenth in order in the Books of Tausu In the Teritory Xuicheufu on the East side of the City Xuicheu is the Mountain Tayu in the midst of which is a pleasant Grove and a stately Chappel By the City Xangcau lies the Mountain Lungfung on which a day after Rain there appears a great Flame of Fire in the Night but never in dry Seasons The People thereabouts being much inclin'd to Superstition say that this Flame is the Spirit of the Mountains and for that reason have built a fair Chappel on the South side of the City Sinchang and Consecrated it to Fire In the County Iuencheufu on the South side of the City Iuencheu lies the Mountain Niang so call'd because it is onely visible but not accessible by reason of its dangerous Cliffs which seem to fall every Minute it is three hundred Furlongs in circumference and produces a Spring whose Water is so exceeding cold all the whole year that it cannot be drunk till it hath stood a considerable time in the Sun In the County of Kancheusu on the East side of the City Kancheu is the Mountain Tiencho on which in the Night appears a Light like that of kindled Coals There are some which suppose it to be Serpents which as they say vomit forth Precious Stones whereof they wear one on their Heads and swallow up the rest again Near the City Ningtu lies the Mountain Kincing the thirty third in order in the Books of Tausu The Chineses fancy that the neighboring Hills are peopled with Satyrs and other strange Monsters in the shape of Men. In the County Nanganfu on the West side of the City Nangan is the Mountain Sihoa that is Western Flower for Si signifies Western and Hoa Flower There are also in this Province by the City Iaoicheu on the Lake Poyang the Mountain Cienfo by the City Yukaw the Mountain Hungyai in the County Kieukiangfu South-East of the City Kieukiang the Mountain Taku on an Isle of the same Name in the Lake Poyang East of the City Tegan the Mountain Poye by the City Pengie in the Lake Poyang the inaccessible Mountain Siaofu near the City Kinki the far-stretch'd Mountain Iunglin having thirty six Tops in the County Kieganfu by the City Ganfo the Mountain Uncung in circuit eight hundred Furlongs by the City Sinfung the large Mountain Hiang producing Medicinal Drugs and several others of which there is nothing remarkable to mention IN the County Kiangningfu South West from the City Kiuyung lies the Mountain Mao which in the Books of Tausu is accounted the first for Pleasure and Happiness North-East from the chief City Nanking the Mountain No bears on its Head a Temple wherein are plac'd a thousand Images Towards the South-East from the City Nanking is the Fang a Mountain onely remarkable because on the Commands of the Emperor Xi it was by five thousand Men digg'd through to prevent as he thought the Prediction which the Mountain-gazers gave out from their observation of this Mountain concerning the subversion of his Empire On the South-West side of the City Nanking the Mountain San juts into the River Kiang and towards the River side hath divers Iron Chains fastned to it not as the Chineses ridiculously affirm because it should not run away but that the Ships may take the better hold with their Hooks otherwise this Mountain being of very hard Stone the Vessels must needs strike against it In the County Fungyangfu near the City Linhoa lies the Mountain Iunonu so call'd from the abundance of a sort of Mineral which we commonly call Muscovy Glass digg'd out of the same Near the City Xeu lies the Mountain Cukin whereon in former Ages a great piece of Gold being found and proving good against many Distempers the Chineses say that it was made by the art of Chymistry By the City Hutai lies the Mountain Moyang or Shepherds-Hill so call'd from a fair Virgin who kept Sheep on the same In the Territory Sucheufu at the South-West side of the City Sucheu near the Lake Tai lies the Mountain Liguien remarkable for the many fair Buildings which crown the same By the Lake Tai the Mountain Siu is coronetted with a stately Chappel and Cloyster Within the City Changxo the Mountain Yu extends to the West several Furlongs In the County Sungkiangfu on the South-East side of the City Sungkiang on the Shore of the River is the Kin onely remarkable in this County upon it stands a great Fort and at the Foot thereof a considerable number of Ships for the securing of the Havens thereabouts In the County Changcheufu by the City Vusie is the Si a Mountain out of which they dig Tin In the Territory Chinkiangfu on the North-West side of the City Chinkiang lies the Mountain Kin which makes an Isle in the River Kiang upon it are several fair Temples and Cloysters for Priests There also springs out of it a Brook call'd Chungleang whose Water is much esteem'd amongst the Chineses so that it is exceeding pleasant both by Art and Nature In the Territory Hoaiganfu lies the Yocheu in the Sea near the City Hai a Mountain very remarkable for a most stately Chappel and Cloyster to which many People from all Parts in China come to make Offerings By the City Lukiang in the County of Lucheufu the Mountain Taifu hath many pleasant Groves and delightful Ascents By the City Sosung lies the Mountain Siaoku with two high Spiry Tops between which being a Valley runs the River Kiang