To
The East Of Sumatra, However, The Two Monsoons Continue Only Five Months
Each Way, The Two Intermediate Months Having Variable Winds.
Ormus in the gulf of Persia, whence the Portuguese trade to Persia,
Diul-sinde, Arabia, &c. They fetch much
Pearl from Bassora;[178] and
they load a ship or two with Persian commodities for Diul-sinde, where
they arrive between the end of August and middle of September, taking
likewise with them great store of dollars. Ormus is their best place in
the Indies except Goa. 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.
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