'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.' [‎383] (406/448)

mental wings, fuch indeed as are unable to hoife her from the ground, ferving only to
rank her amongft Birds: her head is variouflydreft; for one half is hooded with down
of a dark colour-, the other half, naked and of a white hue, as if Lawn were drawn o-
t*e r it j her bill hooks and bends downwards, the thrill or breathing placeisinthemidft;
from which part to the end, the colour is of a light green mixt with a pale yellow: hec
eyes areround andbright, and mftead of feathers has a moll fine down-, her train flike to
acta beard) is no more than three or four fhort feathers: her leggs are thick and black;
her tallons great; her ftomach fiery, fo as Ihe can eafily digeft ftones; inthatandfliape
not a little refembling the Oftnch: The D or Parr at and one of the Hens
take fb well as in my Table-book I could draw them.
5. ■
Here are alfo Ayeries of Hawks and fiindry others Birds', as Gofhawks, Lannars,Hob
bies, Pafle-flemingoes, Geefe, Powts, Swallows, Kites, Black-birds, Sparrows, Robbins,
Herons white and beautiful*, in their flefh good, but in their feathers more valuable:
Cacatoes, a fort of Parrat whofe nature may well take name from ioxlv it is lb fierce
and fo indomitable Bitters, Hens and many other which I forbear to enumerate: but
the Parrats in their feathers were curious and more efteemed for their much prattle. Such
their curious liveries and fuch their language, as they are not unaptly called wSfwyMty,
a right Epitl^eton.
The Parrat humane language knows fo well, Pfittacus humanas depromit voce loquelas
That to his Lord fay es, Save you and Fareml Atque fuo domino valeque fonatj
One of which was by a good Poet celebrated with this Epitaph:
Parrat, Birds light, her Lords mil tongu'ddelight Hittace lux volucrum, domini facunda voluptas, 1
jind painful figurer of humane voice Humane folers imitator Pfittace lingua?.
Dies: Of Airs Citizens the fair efl fight. Occidit : Aerias celeberrima gloria gentis 5
The green Commander of the Eaftern choice : i ?fittacus ille plagaj viridis regnator Eoae 5
Whom Juno s Birdy with curious painted tail Quern non gemmata Volucris Junonia cauda
Nor Pheafant of cold Phafis could prevail Vinccret, afpedu gelidi non Phafidis ales.
To out-beauty. Kings he could falute, and name Ilk falutator Regum, nomenque loquutus
Ccefar ' 0 to whom difcourfe hee d friendly frame. Casfareum 5 & queruli quondam vice fundus amici,
jn the Rivers here We found no lefs variety of Fifh *, fuch as we took and tafted of! no-
ted^The Man-atee was the rareft *, for both in tafte and ihape it equally oppofes feeder
and beholder. This fifli doth ufe both Elements: thofe Very fins which fleer them in the
Sea, ferve as ftilts aftiore to creep upon •, in which exercice their paps alfo befriend them:
and though fifti,difrers little from Veal in tafte,but more injhew, for the ribs and entrails
3s alfo their face fome fay is like the Elephant when the probofeis is wanting, but from
the