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water and drowne the ground aboue knee deepe, so that men nor horses can passe. They poison all the
waters if any wars be. Here they haue much silke and muske, and cloth made of cotton. The people haue
eares which be marueilous great of a span long, which they draw out in length by deuises when they be
yong. Here they be all Gentiles, and they will kil nothing. They haue hospitals for sheepe, goates, dogs,
cats, birds, and for all other liuing creatures. When they be old and lame, they keepe them vntil they die.
If a man catch or buy any quicke thing in other places and bring it thither, they wil giue him mony for it
or other victuals, and keepe it in their hospitals or let it go, They wil giue meat to the Ants. Their smal
mony is almonds, [Marginal note: In Mexico they vse likewise for small money the fruit Cacao which are
like almonds.] which oftentimes they vse to eat. From thence I returned to Hugeli, which is the place
where the Portugals keep in the country of Bengala which standeth in 23. degrees of Northerly latitude,
and standeth a league from Satagan: they cal it Porto Piqueno. We went through the wildernes, because
the right way was full of thieues, where we passed the countrey of Gouren, where we found but few
villages, but almost all wildernes, and saw many buffes, swine and deere, grasse longer then a man, and
uery [sic - KTH] many Tigers. [Porto Angeli.] Not far from Porto Piqueno south westward, standeth an
hauen which is called Angeli, in the countrey of Orixa. It was a kingdom of it selfe, and the king was a
great friend to strangers. Afterwards it was taken by the king of Patan which was their neighbour, but he
did not enioy it long, but was taken by Zelabdim Echebar, which is king of Agra, Delli, and Cambaia.
Orixi standeth 6. daies iourney from Satagan, south westwards. [The like cloth may be made of the long
grasse in Virginia.] In this place is very much Rice, and cloth made of cotton, and great store of cloth
which is made of grasse, which they call Yerua, it is like a silke. They make good cloth out of it which
they send for India and diuers other places. To this hauen of Angeli come, euery yeere many ships out of
India, Negapatan, Sumatra, Malacca, and diuers other places; and lade from thence great store of Rice,
and much cloth of cotton wooll, much sugar, and long pepper, great store of butter, and other victuals for
India. Satagam is a faire citie for a citie of the Moores, and very plentifull of all things. Here in Bengala
they haue euery day in one place or other a great market which they call Chandeau, and they haue many
great boats which they cal pericose, wherewithall they go from place to place and buy Rice and many
other things: these boates haue 24. or 26. oares to rowe them, they be great of burthen, but haue no
couerture. Here the Gentiles haue the water of Ganges in great estimation, for hauing good water neere
them, yet they will fetch the water of Ganges a great way off, and if they haue not sufficient to drinke,
they will sprinkle a litle on them, and then they thinke themselues well. From Satagam I trauelled by the
countrey of the king of Tippara or porto Grande, with whom the Mogores or Mogen haue almost
continuall warres. The Mogen which be of the kingdom of Recon and Rame, be stronger then the king of
Tippara, so that Chatigan or porto Grande is oftentimes vnder the king of Recon.
There is a country 4. daies iourney from Couche or Quicheu before mentioned, which is called Bottanter
and the citie Bottia, the king is called Dermain; the people whereof are very tall and strong, and there are
marchants which come out of China, and they say out of Muscouia or Tartarie. And they come to buy
muske, cambals, agats, silke, pepper and saffron like the saffron of Persia. The countrey is very great, 3.
moneths iourney. There are very high mountains in this countrey, and one of them so steep that when a
man is 6. daies iourney off it, he may see it perfectly. Vpon these mountains [Marginal note: These
seeme to be the mountains of Iamus, called by the people Cumao.] are people which haue eares of a
spanne long: if their eares be not long, they call them apes. They say that when they be vpon the
mountaines, they see ships in the Sea sayling to and fro; but they know not from whence they come, nor
whether they go. There are marchants which come out of the East, they say, from vnder the sunne, which
is from China, which haue no beards, and they say there it is something warme. But those which come
from the other side of the mountains which is from the North, say there it is very cold. [The apparel of
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