At Muskat They Have A Fort And Some Small
Trade, Keeping The Natives In Such Awe By Land And Sea, That They Dare
Not Trade Without Their Licence, And This Practice They Follow In All
Parts Of India Where They Are Strong.
Diul-sinde on the Indus in the
dominions of the Great Mogul.
Diu, where they have a strong castle.
Damaun, where they have a castle, and are said to have an hundred
villages under their authority. Basseen, or Serra de Bazein, a
little south from Damaun, and bordering on the Deccan; between which
and Chaul they have three ports, Gazein, Banda, and Maia. Chaul
is a great city with a castle. At Dabul they have a factory, but no
fort.
[Footnote 178: This is a mistake for the isle of Bahrein. - E.]
Goa is their metropolitan city in India, which stands in a small
island, being the seat of their viceroy, and the anchoring place of
their caracks. Onore has a small fort. Barcellore, a town and
castle, yields pepper, ginger, and many kinds of drugs. Mangalore, a
town and castle. Cananore, a city and castle, yielding similar
commodities with Barcellore. From Calicut they have been expelled by
the Zamorin, who endeavours to do the same at Crangator, [Cranganore,]
where they have a fort. Cochin is a strong city and castle, pleasantly
situated on the sea in a wholesome air, with a fine river for the
reception of ships. Coulan, a town with a small castle; near which is
a village named St Lawrence, chiefly inhabited by friars and jesuits.
Quiloan, a small city with a castle. Tuckatra, a town and castle,
the inhabitants being mostly Christians.
Manaar is on the island of Ceylon, between Cape Comorin and
Point-de-Gale, where they have a town inhabited by Portuguese. In this
island also they have Columbo, and many other small places, having
conquered most of the island, which yields cinnamon and various drugs.
Negopatnam is a city of great trade, on the coast of Coromandel, where
they have only a factory. St Thomas, or Meliapoor, is a walled town
inhabited by the Portuguese. In Bengal, up the river Ganges, they have a
town, besides some factories and many small habitations. They have a
factory in Pegu, another in Aracan, and one in the river of Martaban.
Also at Junkceylon they have a great factory, whence they fetch
considerable quantities of tin to the Malabar coast.
Malacca is a strong city and castle belonging to the Portuguese, and
the centre of a great trade in those parts of India. From this place the
king of Acheen has long sought to root them out, and has burnt and
plundered some of their ships this year, 1619. At Macao, an island on
the coast of China, they have a city with a castle, where they are said
to carry on much trade with the Chinese. They have a factory in Japan,
but neither town nor fort; and trade thence with the coast of China.
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