'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎12] (33/448)

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the Seamen knew they were near die Cape, and accordingly we delayed land betimes
next morning, which though threefcore miles diftant being fo high it feemcd to be nigtji
us; howbeit the wind and tide not favouring we could not then reach the Continent,
but dropt our Anchor 14 Leagues fliort of BoUldama-hay afore a finali Hie call'd Coney rifle
through corruptipn of fpeech> the proper name of that Ifle being in Welch. The
Ifle is three miles about, in which we faw abundance of Pen-gwins, in Welch White-heads,
agreeable to their colour • a Bird that of all other goes moft er ed in its motion, the wings
or fins hanging down like lleeves, covered with down inftead of Feathers, their legs fer-
ving thembetterthan their wings -, they feeed on fifh at Sea and grafs afhore, and have
holes to live in like Conies • a degenerate Duck, for ufing both Tea and lliore, it feeds
in the one, breeds in the other; is very fat and oily, and fome adventure to eat them;
for cUriofity indeed may invite, feeing Jejunns raro ftomachm vulgurm temnit, but to make a
meal I cannot advife other than as the Difticti direds.
Tota quidem ponatur anas, fed peftore tantum
Et cervice fapit j cjetera retire coquo.
Divide the Duck^i only the neckband hreajly
'Jhey favour well j the Cooh^may take the refi*
A Tirn-jrvin-
In thi s little Ifle we found alfo abundance of Conies, not unlike our Cats, but of a larger
Jize, andrammilh, as they report Uiat eatfuch dainties: indeedfnch food requires eood
ftomachs with hot water to help digeftion ere it turn into a reafonable Here
were alfo great number of Seals or Sea-calves, which fome call asbieac
the greateft fort of Maftives, fomething like them in vifage, and in voice out-barfc
them, but the confort is rather like the bellowing of Bulls. • ~ - ■*
Thefe as alfo Crocodiles, Per, Otters,And Manatees are amphibious Animals, equal-
ly ufing land and water; and albeit eafily deltroyed if one interpofe 'twixt them and
the Sea, yet being pail have fo good a faculty in ftriking the loofe ftones with their
hinder feet or fins, that the purfuet is thereby indangered. bad food they are fo
oily, but their skins being tann'd are converted into many good ufes. Weighins An
chor we next came to Ifland, fo named from that abundance of thofe Birds
we found there; this ifle is about fix Leagues M.W. from and albeit
fc , f ° ne „ ar the mainland,yet well i remember that all the way wefail'd 'twixt the laft
afld 1116 Ba y we Anchored at, we were difported by Whale,, who in wantounefs fuzzing
the