'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.' [‎26] (47/448)

2 ^ IJles of Cumrho.
i Hpp^rees <6. minutes South, and longitude 2 3. degrees 59* iui-
SS ^SS"S »»yI»boo k . SW p a Wby it .
Thefe lOes are five in number, called the IQes of either becaufe (or
C™ the Wekhmens Ifle) is greater than the reft, or that it was M cLfcovered:
rLytlcumro Mtottv, Joanna, Mohclia,
^a»Bo,Sa»BoChriflofero,ji >iguz.ez .ia and Mq eac^of them praifc-worthy for refrelhmg
Pafleneers, in that they abound with delicate fruit, and fuch cattel as are commended
snrf had at eafie prices-; none of thefe ffles be above a hundred miles about. CWois
the Wgheft and belt land, but branded with the moft perfidious people •, and good rea-
fon I have to lay fo, for %. 1591. thirty of our men being amicably mvaed afhore
out of the Pemlve for water and other refrefnment, weretreacheroufly flam by the In
habitants ^ fince which they are juftly fufpefted, and feldome traffiqued with, but in
cafeof necefiity. fonrma is inhabited by a better people, and to be confided. Heie was
buried Gdvano a Gent, difpatcht by Don Jlphonfo for the difcoveryof
Freftor ToWCountry, as Fryer Fran. Alvare writes, who but improperly makes this to
be an Ifle belonging to the Red-fea. It lately obeyed a Queen, but now fubmits unto a
King; who though tyrannical, yet better fo fas Tacitm than where it is anarchi
cal : to thefe Ifies wefentour boats aihoar, which returned loaden with Buffols, Goats,
and variety of Fruits, inthat exigent very heartily welcomed. And though our Ran-
dezvous be now in fight, fuffer me (-whiles in memory; to tell you of a fifh ortwo which
TortoTe. in thefe Seas were obvious. The Sea Tortoife is one, a filh not much dilFermg from thofe
at land, her Ihell only being foraething flatter:, by overturning the;y are eahiy taken;
fomewetook, for pa a ime more than food, and upon trial found that they tafte water-
ifhand difpofe to fluxes*, they have neither tongue nor teeth, fuperabound in eggs, in
thofe we took fome having near 2000. pale and round, and not eafily made hard though
extreamly boiled: they cover their eggs with fand and are hatched by the heat of the Sun,
as fome affirm-, fuch as haveftrong appetites eat them and the flelh Cor fifh as youpleafe
to call it J but by the Levitical-law it was forbidden', and though our Religion conlilts
not in ceremonies (ending in the prototype) yet except famine or noveltie invite, with
The fuch cates my pallat craves not to be refrelhed. The Mannatee is the other hlh, being
good meat, and from their ufing the Ihoar have aflelhie tafte refembling Veal both m
or Ihew and eating •, the intrails differ little from that of a Cow, from whom in relpett ct
Cm-ftA phyfnomy fome fo name her : her face is like aihriveled Buffolo or Cow, .her eyes imall
and round, gums hard inftead of teeth: but the ftone that is generated in her head is
moft valuable, being Soveraign (as fome report) againft choler aduft, ftone-cholick and
dyfentery *, fo it be beat linall, infufed in Wine, and drunk fafting: the body of this tiih
is three yards long, and one yard broad, thick skin'd, without fcales, narrow towards
the tail which is nervous, flow in fwimming wanting fins *, in place whereof fhe is aided
with two paps, which are not only fuckles, but ferve for ftilts to creep a fhoar upon
when fhe grazes, where fhe ileeps long delighted to fuck the cool air, unable (contrary
to other watery inhabitants) to be half an hour under water: a docible fifh and apt to
be made tame, famoufed(like Lizards) for their love toman 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , whofe face they delight to
look upon and in weaknefs have refreihed theirr, though moft unhappy to our Captain
Jvdrew Evans,who ftriking one at the Moritim with his harping-iron, and leaping intotne
Sea to make fnort work with his Steletto, was fo cruflit by the Mannatec who circled mm
that he dyed fhortly after, as in our defcription of Saint Helena where we intombed
—•t him, will in due place be remembred.
. The Carvel is a Sea-fome, floating upon the furface of the Ocean, of a globous rorm,
• Carvelt like fo many lines throwing abroad her ftrings, which flie can fpread at pleafure, angling
for final Fiihes, which by that artifice fhe captivates: aSea-fpider fhe may properly be
called, for when fhe finds her Web too weak fhe blows an infedious breath, and feems
armed with fuch a fting, as if fhe had borrowed it from the Scorpion. Seftewr