Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	east_n	league_n	south_n	4,845	5	9.7533	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42798	A new voyage to the East-Indies containing an account of several of those rich countries, and more particularly of the kingdom of Bantam : giving an exact relation of the extent of that monarch's dominions, the religion, manners and customs of the inhabitants, their commerce, and the product of the country, and likewise a faithful narrative of the kingdom of Siam, of the isles of Japan and Madagascar, and of several other parts, with such new discoveries as were never yet made by any other traveller / by Mr. Glanius.	Glanius, Mr.	1682 (1682)	Wing G793; ESTC R40478	75,780	191

are there excessive is the reason we never see there either Oranges or Lemmons and all the fruit Trees consist in certain Fig Trees the fruit whereof hardly ever comes to be ripe or if it sometimes happens that the colour of it is passable the tast of it is however bad Those ill Fig-trees and some other Trees that bear Cotton are all that grow in that Island but in recom●ence there 's a wonderful number of ●oats and indeed the whole Traffick ●f the Country consists in those Animals ●●ce they vend every year an infinite ●umber of their Skins Some little Horses ●here are but wild as also Asses and Cows but they abound extreamly in ●owls among others there are Partridg●● Geese and several Fowls which are ●nknown in Europe In sundry parts ●ere is a certain reddish Salt proceeding ●●rtly from a subterranean Water and ●●rtly from the Water of the Sea which they convey into the Salt Pits The Inhabitants who are of a Tawny Colour live by Hunting and Fishing they catch Goats with Dogs they are very dexterous at that Exercise As for Fish especially the Salmon-Trouts Guilt● heads or Goldenies they have always ● great abundance of them The Isle of St. James is the greatest o● all the Islands of Cap-verd and is abo●● 45 Leagues in its greatest length fro● South-East to north-North-East Ten in i● greatest Breadth and 95 in Circumference What is called the High-Islan● is directly on the West Road of the 〈◊〉 of May excepting that the middle 〈◊〉 on the South West of Bo● vista and 〈◊〉 advancing towards the West and Sou●● West quarters on the South of the 〈◊〉 of Salt to the space of 25 Leagues fro● the Point of the South West to the Sout● East The Land is of two Leagues ●●tent there is a Village called P●r●●● that is to say the Bank-side the Situati●● whereof is very convenient being betwe●● two Mountains and all surrounded wi●● two Rivers which discharge themselv●● not far from that place into the Sea Th●● 2 Rivers form 2 Bays the one of whi●● is called Port de Praye and can contain ●bove 100 Ships That Port is situated b●hin● an Island sheltred from all Winds and out of Canon reach something beyond the Port de Praye still advancing towards the Village is seen a Cape which the Portugals have named the Cape of Tubarao on the West of which is the other Bay called the Port of Ribeirra Corca this Port is situated as commodiously as the other it is likewise between two Mountains in the midst of which runs a River having its source two Leagues from thence which empties it self into the Sea by a Mouth of a Bowes shot breadth There is in this Island a little City which goes by the Name of St. Thomas its Situation is very agreeable there is likewise another called St. James from the Name of the Island and situated upon the Brow of a Hill This last is the Capital not only of this Island but likewise of all the others it being also the place where the Bishop of the Portugals has his usual Residence Somewhat more towards the West upon a Point two Leagues from the Port de ●raye they have built a Fortress for the security of the Ships that Anchor there and towards the North-West of that Point there is the Port de Canise where there are as great Convenienci●s This Island is extreamly Fertile and the River of Corea which is Planted on both sides with Coconuts Orange-Trees Lemon-Trees and other Fruit-Trees and some Cedars forms in my mind one o● the finest Prospects that can offer it self to the sight there 's moreover a great quantity of Rice Mace and other Fruits o● all sorts as for Cattle you have for a●● use as well as in the Isle of May. The Isle of Fire so called by reason o● its Flames which one of its high Mountains does vomit without ceasing is abou● Twelve Leagues in length and lies towards the South West of S. James O● the North West a little Fort is situat●● at the Foot of a Mountain for the defence of the Ships which Anchor in th● Haven that is hard by the rapidity o● its Current hindring it from being commodious Those who will Anchor o● the East side must steer their Cour●● towards the North of the Island by re●son that otherwise they will find it dif●●cult to get in This Island is subject t● Whirlwinds and Hurricans which ma●● terrible havock there and the Water 〈◊〉 there so deep in all places that one cannot cast Anchor in any part but ne● the little Fort we h●ve newly m●ntione● Some Four Leagues from that Island towards the South-West is the Isle of Brave almost a desert and uncultivated and towards the North two or three more that are very small On the West of Brave there is a convenient Road for the taking in fresh Water but on the South-East there is another much more commodious its depth is of Fifteen Fathom so that the greatest Ships may lie by the Banks of it without danger Above the Haven is a very Populous Village and at some distance from thence an Hermitage the Situation whereof is very pleasant the Fruits of this Island are Figgs Mulbe●●es Melons and Maiz but it does not so much abound in Cattle as the others The Air of these Islands is generally ●ot and unhealthful insomuch as the ●nhabitants are tormented with Burn●●g Feavors Colicks Dissenteries and ●●veral other Diseases There arise cer●●in Mists that seem of a Reddish Co●our and are of a very bad Smell this Country is situate between the Line and ●●e Tropick of Cancer thus the Sun is ●erpendicular upon them twice a Year ●nd affords 'em a couple of Summers ●●wards the Month of June the Rains ●●gin and last almost without discontinuing until the midst of October but the worst is that these Rains are attended with Wind Lightning and Thunder which would make the most undaunted tremble When this Season approaches the Air grows thick and dark the Salt melts into Liquor and the Winds begin to strike a terror into People We left these Islands on the Twelfth and on the Second of August we came in sight of Sierra-Leona Without seeing it we were certain that we were not far distant for according as we came nearer it we heard without ceasing a Wind which issued from that Mountain that resembled very much the Roaring of a Lion from whence it had the name of the Mountain of Lions In the Evening we went into the Pinnace and as soon as we were on Land we heard a terrible noise it was occasioned by the Waves which being impetuously thru●● on between the Clifts of a Rock made in their fall a certain noise that is no● easie to be expressed this Mountain 〈◊〉 Lions begins at the Cape of Virginia an● ends at Cape Tagrin or Ledo which likewise bears the name of Sierra Leona ' T●● situated under the 8 th Degree of Lat●tude and Thirteen Minutes