'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.' [‎16] (37/448)

16 ^Ethiopia. The S
dims Benedidus, and Coloquintida i with which, and feveral other beneficial Herbs and
- Flowers, which the skilful might have better diftinguilht. Nature all the year long robes
the fruitful Earth as with Tapiilry : The Hehr. have a Proverb, There is not an Herb
upon the Earth but has his Mazall or Star anfwering it, and faying, grow. I know
not how true that is, but here they profper. AH which is fummed up by another as fol-
loweth, Quamvis enim montoja appareat, & collibu* mult is dijlinHa *, interim tamen multis
"jallibmy filvls, prat if que decor ata efij gr amino, & florcs fuavijfme olentes magna copia producit y
Cervof jue & feras & hones multo mmero mtrit, qua omnia vifit & afpeUpt longe jucnndiffima
exiflmt: prxterea, lympidijfmisfontibm fcatet quamphrimtSj qui non fine gratijjimo {ufurro^ de
moniihm altis prommpentesy fluminibm fefe pajfim infmiant, & cam eis poflmodnm in mare ex-
oner ant nr. The Rivers yield no lefs variety, as Trout, Pike, Pickrell, Tench, Eel ^
and ofShell-fifh, Crab, Lobfter, Rock-filh, Crafifh, Cockle, Mufcle, Lympit, Tor-
toife, which be very fmall and curioufly colour'd, and Oyfters (which though they have
no difcriminate fex) are as good as can be *, we fee alio Thornback, Gudgeon, and
other ■Sea-fiih, which fometime are taken in the ty£ftuarium of the frelh-water. The
Mountains are not without Marquilate and Minerals, which but byfearch are not to be
difcerned. The Country affords withal plenty of Beafts of fundry forts,as Buffolos and
Cows, which are large but lean and bunch-backt*. Sheep with long Ears, like Hounds,
much unlike thofe in Europe •, Red-deer, Antilopes as large as Stags, and delightfully
headedy Apes and Baboons -of extraordinary fize and colour. Lions, Panthers^ Pards,
Jachalls, Wolves, Dogs, Cats, Hares, and Zebras or Pide-horfes ^ as alfo Elephants
and Camels, which three laft we faw notand Garcia* ab Hon. Thyfitian to the Viceroy
of Goa reports that he faw Unicorns here headed like aHorfe, if the Zebr^e deceive him
not*, and for Birds the change and ftore is no lefs, as Hens, Geefe, Turkeys, Peng wins
Crows, Gulls, Thrullies, Phefants, Storks, Pellican, Oftrich, Pintados, Altatraces^
Vultures, Eagles, Cranes, and Cormorants which fome call Sea-crows, which laft up
on the Sea, when without ken of land,, we faw fo numerous, as if related, will fcarce be
credited > this Bird having a,fmell equal to the Vulture, after battels have been noted to
■fly fome hundreds of miles by fcent to prey upon the Carcaffes ^ here alfo are ftore of
thofe beautiful Birds called Palfe-flemingos, and may be the fame which by the Ara
bians is named Rachama, avis^ qua ruhras habet alas, ad aquiU naturam accedens, as in
Nchr. 56. Albeit thefe be mixt, for their feathers are crimfon and white, as pure as
can be imagined, fo as above the reft, it inticed my Pen to give you its Figure.
. Natives being propagated from both in their Vifages and Natures feemto
indent his maledidion^ their ftature is but indifferent, their colour olevafter or that
lo rt ox black we fee tne Americans that live under the ^Equator *, their faces be very thin,
their limbs well proportioned, but by way of ornament pinkt and cut in feveral
Inapes as fancy guides them their heads are commonly long, about which they place
their greateft bravery: for though their hair (after the mode) be woolly and
crilp.