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	see_v	southeast_n	1,726	5	13.7111	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40482	A relation of two several voyages made into the East Indies by Christopher Fryke and Christopher Schewitzer the whole containing an exact account of the customs, dispositions, manners, religion, &c. of the several kingdoms and dominions in those parts of the world in general : but in a more particular manner, describing those countries which are under the power and government of the Dutch / done out of the Dutch by S.L .	Frick, Christoph, b. 1659.; Schweitzer, Christoph.	1700 (1700)	Wing F2211; ESTC R33794	234,144	381

and take him up which they did and in about two hours time brought him safe to us The 19th We had a very fair Wind and fine Weather Two of our Seamen quarrel'd and fell at last to their Knives and wounded each other As soon as the Master knew of it he had 'em both Duck'd from the Main-mast as wilful Transgressors of the Laws of the Ship The 20th about 6 in morning our Boatswain a very expert Seaman climb'd up the Main-top-gallant-Mast which is the highest part of the Ship no sooner had he look'd about him but he cry'd out aloud Land Land The Master ask'd him which way and he told him to the North-East streight we changed our Course from North West thither The Helmsman threw out the Plummet and found a sandy bottom at 80 Fathoms In the afternoon we got sight of the high steep Mountain call'd Adam's Pick and by that we knew that this was the place we wanted to be at viz. the Island Ceylon Towards night we changed our Course again to the East and sometimes to the E. and by N. for we had no mind to be near Land that night and we could not have reach'd the Road that day In the first Watch between 6 and 10 we could feel ground still but in the 2d and 3d we could not The 21th in the morning at break of day We chang'd our Course again and went directly towards Land lying South-East of us with the Wind at S. W. About 10 a Clock before Noon we saw the Ships that lay at Anchor upon the Road by the City of Columbo In the mean while the Wind veer'd four Points more to the W. and so much the fitter for us About Noon we felt a sandy ground at 40 Fathoms but we kept Sounding still till we were quite out of the deep and in full sight of the Land This day every one had plenty enough of boil'd Rice and the Water Vessels were free to any body We had suffer'd a great while Hunger and Thirst notwithstanding that we had Course Diet enough and above 40 Barrels of Dutch and Batavian Water The Soldiers now begun to Equip themselves to make a shew at their Landing and dress'd themselves very sine with great Joy and Satisfaction Their Arms which till then had been kept up in the Gunner's Room were delivered to 'em to go out Arm'd as is usual to Shore All our Flags were out till about three in the afternoon when we cast our Anchors and found still 12 Fathom Water The Gunner was ordered to fire one Gun and one Seaman was to strike our Admiral 's Main-mast Flag before the City of Columbo but immediately again to set it up After this we fired all our Guns to which the Fort of Columbo answer'd with seven of their Cannon The Governor of this City sent two great Sloops of Ceylon to fetch us ashore in which our Lieutenant and Men went up to the Governor's House who welcomed us all very heartily and gave all our Men three days liberty to refresh themselves after their hard Voyage The distance between Columbo and Batavia is about 500 Dutch miles which we had reach'd in 49 days from the 3d of October to the 21th of November The 22th I went to Board with an old Cingulaish Woman because she could speak a little Dutch and she got her living by keeping a House to entertain the Dutch of which she had generally 20 or 30 in her House I paid 15 s. a Month and 40 pound of black Rice We had every one his own Dish served up with Flesh Fish Figs and such like Diet twice every day at 8 a Clock in the morning and 4 in the afternoon Our House was only a Hut made up of Boughs of Trees And here I met with three of my old Acquaintance who On the 23th took me Abroad to a very large Orchard call'd Tang Salgato where we drank some Sury fresh from the Coco-Trees This was in the morning and about noon we bespoke a hot sort of Liquor called Massack which is made in the following manner They put into a Vessel 8 Quarts of Suri and to that one Quart of Arack or Brandy All this boil'd together and about 20 or 25 Eggs are broke into 't which gives it substance and a good colour Then they add to all this some Kings Sugar which they get from some certain Trees there and some Nutmeg and Mace All this came to half a Rixdollar We had some Women to wait upon us which they call Bulliatoses who diverted us with various Leaping and Dancing Their Ears are about a Span long with Golden Pendants in them They saw by my Dress that I was newly come from Europe and I found they had a great mind to Converse with me but I not understanding them made them understand by shaking my Head that I did not Care for their Company The 24th We took a walk about two or three miles out of Columbo to see some tame Elephants that were kept in Orchards there And having seen them we went into the House which belong'd to a Portuguese who treated us very nobly and at night had us home upon an Elephant of his This day an Ambassador named Myn Heer Bucquoi was sent from Ceylon with a Lion for a Present to the King of Candy From the 25th to the 30th Our Men were daily Exercised and at night our turn began to be upon the Guard where my Post obliged me to be till The 25th of April 1677. which was five months in which time I learned the Cingulaish and Portuguese Languages finding them not only useful but necessary to those that are to stay there The 22th I was sent with 30 Soldiers to the Fort of Galture 8 Leagues from Columbo to have some new Ramparts added to it Of this Fort I intend to speak by and by designing now to give an Account of the Cities Inhabitants Cattle and Fruits of the Island Ceylon as far as I could observe of them while I staid there CHAP. IV. A Description of the Isle of Ceylon its Cities Forts and Inhabitants which are chiefly of two sorts An Account of the King of Candi's Court Officers Counsellors and his other Subjects Their Customs Manners Religion c. Their Houses over-run with Fleas and Pismires Their manner of Eating and Trading The King of Candi's a Cruel Tyrant The Cingulayans Customs in War Their Arms and Exploits The other Inhabitants of Ceylon are Malabarians who are Subjects of the Dutch They Worship the Devil Crocodiles Serpents c. Their Burials The Dutch took Columbo and other Cities of Ceylon from the Portugueses and the King of Candi tho' he had help'd them against the Portugueses The King of Candi's Resentment of it to this very day Vnhealthy Climate of this Country THE Island Ceylon is about 200 Dutch miles in compass It lies in the Indian Sea not far from the Maldivian Islands and the Wild Coasts of Cormandel and Malabar It was found out

take any of their Enemies they kill 'em and eat 'em with great Joy and Satisfaction And in the same manner they use the Europeans too who come often to Truck a little Tobacco or Bracelets for a good parcel of Cows and Sheep if they can get them into their Hutts Thirdly Rich. They have all manner of wild Beasts For here are the furious Lions which regard no Man and when Hungry fall upon Men and Beasts and Devour them The Grinning Tygers The vast Elephant for Bulk and Strength The Angry Rhinoceros The skipping and clambering Ape Besides Wild Dogs Bears Wolves and wonderful fine Wild Asses all in great numbers As also Ostriches which have indeed Feathers and Wings but cannot Fly by reason of their bigness and weight Their Eggs are hatch'd of themselves and not as some mis-informed Persons have given an account of it by their continual looking after ' em Sea-Cows that lie in the fresh Rivers all day and at night come on Shore to feed Their Flesh is better than that of Swine Stag and Deer Wild-Boars Partridges Peacocks Geese Wild-Ducks and other sort of Poultry too long to give an Account of all which are here very plentiful The 1st of May towards Night the Asia Tidor and Cortgeene put off together to go forwards and continue our Course with the help of God to Batavia The 2d we had a General Day of Humiliation in our three Ships For tho' we were now out of Danger of Sea-Robbers we were not so from Storms and Tempests and other fatal Accidents The 3d The Wind blew very hard at N. W. tho' it was Serviceable for us to set us forward The 14th The Wind grew higher still And in the Afternoon a Merchant's Son of Franckfort Morel by Name going as it was usual to the fore-part of the Ship to Ease Nature fell into the Sea and all our Endeavours to help him were in vain by reason of the boisterousness of the Waves and our swift Sailing That same day the two Ships of our Company the Tidor and Cortgeene parted from us From the 5th to the 10th the same Wind lasted The 11th We felt it very Cold. The 12th We had a mixture of Hail and Snow and two of our Seamen fell in and were drowned The 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th and 20th Ditto We hoisted up but one Sail and ran very swift the Wind blowing almost a Storm and made commonly 70 miles or more in 24 hours The 21th We reach'd the Altitude of the Island St. Maurice This Island was not long since Invaded by the Dutch East-India Company before which time it was not Inhabited It is fruitful and has great store of Wild-Deer It produces Amber-Greese Ebony and other fine Woods The 22th A Seaman of ours fell unluckily from the Main-Mast upon one of our great Anchors and from thence into the Sea and sunk immediately his Breath being gone with his first fall The 23th We came again into a warm Climate and we had a very favourable Wind to the end of this month The first of June it was very still but very Rainy Weather The 2d Our usual Allowance of Flesh Bread and Beer was lessened which did not please most of us very well From the 3d to the 20th We had nothing remarkable save that we suffer'd in some measure both Hunger and Thirst tho' that contributed much to our Health according to the Proverb which says That Hungry Men will not over-sleep themselves and much Sleep being unhealthy the sharpness of our Stomachs would keep us from any such Indisposition The 21th Our Master promis'd Twelve Crowns to any one that should discover Land upon which we all look'd about us very sharp and kept very strict Watch taking great notice what Colour the Water was of by which we often have notice that we draw near the Land in the mean while we were busie with getting of our Anchors ready The 22th in the morning One that stood on the top of the Main-Mast cry'd out Land and being ask'd which way he spy'd it he answer'd Directly in the East and that it was a high Land This was about Sun-rising and about Noon we found that he had not been mistaken for it was the very Land which we were to go to viz. Java Major or Great Java This occasion'd a very great Rejoycing for now we had Bread and Water allowed in abundance The 23th We came into the Road of Sunda which is about 36 miles long Here we were oblig'd by reason of the Calm and the fierceness of the Tide against us to cast out our Anchor While we lay there some of the Inhabitants of Java came to visit us and brought us all manner of Indian Fruits such as King's Apples Mellons Figs Citrons Bananas Sugar Rice and other-like things all which Refreshments we had of them in exchange for old Iron and Tobacco They came in little Boats but oddly made and very ill put together but they sail very fast with ' em The 24th Two of them were sent over to us out of Bantam laden with Fruit from Java Ducks Goats c. This day we made some of our way with a good Wind but towards the Evening we cast Anchor the Wind being changed The 25th in the morning betwixt 9 and 10 a Clock we saw at the right Hand of us the Royal City Bantam In the afternoon about 4 a Clock we came into the Road before Batavia Our Cabin-Boy swimming very well and having a mind to refresh himself in that Water was unexpectedly catch'd and devour'd by a Crocodile The 26th in the morning We were fetch'd to Shore in a small Skiff to Batavia to our great Joy Thus we did by God's Assistance compleat this great Voyage from Amsterdam to Batavia in five months and 12 days and in less than 24 weeks made 3636 miles The 27th Came in the Tydor and Cortgeene which came out with us from the Cape of Good Hope and which had not been seen since the third day after that until now This made them all very glad in Batavia This day at night all the Soldiers that were sent here from Holland were brought well Arm'd and in good Order before the Dutch General there called Maetzuycker He welcom'd them and after that the Officers divided them and sent them some into the City and some into the Fort. I went to see the Fortification It has four Bastions viz. First the Diamond where a Major with 40 or 50 Soldiers keep constantly Secondly The Ruby kept by a Captain and as many Men Thirdly The Saphire which is commanded by a Serjeant And Fourthly The Pearl commanded also by a Serjeant The 28th 29th and 30th We had three days liberty to go up and down in and out of the City and here we much wondered to see the Chineses of which several live here upon the account of their great Trade carry Meat and Drink to those that are Buried in the Church-yard in Vessels of fine China