‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎11] (50/470)

c h a p. 1. The Voyages of Struys* is.
drels- In which Refolution we fet fail 3 dire£ling our Courfe foe
Madagafcdr.
Before we were got out of fight of Sierra. Lioncs we met with a fmalt
Flyboat which Traded along that Coaft, whereof one of
Burger dam was Matter. The Mafter came and proffered his Ship and
fervice to our Commander and Vice-Admiraljto conduft us over the
Foords and Ihallow Places of the Red fea , and to make ufe of
his Veil el as an advice Yacht. But our Ship-mafter diffwaded them
to accept of his Tender, whereupon he declared that he was un
willing, and fo declined his Favour. This Mafter had the like
.Refcontre with that Kings Majefty , and for his Churliflmefs
gave him a tofs (as he told us} out of the Cabin-port fo that itfeem'd
a Paradox to us, that he would be fo void of Prudence as to ha
zard himfelf a fecond time, being once before injeopardy of his
Life.
Sierra Liories both in regard of its' CopiGiifhefsof F ruit, and Plenty
of Good Water is a very proper place to put in at, for Rcfrelhment. sierra
It abounds: with * Millets, Oranges, LcmmonSj Banans^Cocos, Wild
Grapes and abundance of many other forts of Fruits; asalfoSu-
gar canes and a kind of Long pepper. It affoards, 'oelides Fruit-trees,
good Timber, and Ingredients very ufefull in Dying j but by rea-
fon of our (liort aboad , and want of opportunity to make in- ^
fpection into the Countrey, we could not inform our felves what Jtbbiu
Product the Land afFoarded , as peculiar to it felf > nor to make
any advantage of our Landing there, except our Refrefhment. fiZ''
There is good ftore ofFiih , and Gyiters, which ly very thickin
the clefts of the Rocks , and are extraordinary large and good.
'Tis true if any be neceflltated to put in there for frefli Water, »*»«.
they need not be at alofs , for there are ail along the Coaft many
choice Rivers , which are pure Rain-water , that comes from the
Mountains, but in the Month of May, (the beginning of the Rain
feafon ) it is very unwholfom and unapt for ufe , as our Mafters
Mate told me who was well acquainted with thofe Parts , and
is frequently the Occafion of Feavers, Fluxes , and other per-
rillous diftempers 5 and not only fo, but is fo venemous, that where
it falls upon the skin of one, who is not ufed to that Climat,\vlll
caufe Tumors and Ulcers , and breeds a kind of worm or moth in