'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎6] (849/1024)

befides, the Peftilence , the Gout, the Stone ■ and other
Difeafes fo frequent in &ro/?e 5 there are never known. There
are but two Winds, which divide the whole Year between
them - the one blowing from the North , the other from
the South, and both continuing the fahie for fit months
together. The firft refrefhes the Earth in that manner, that
there is nothing fo delightful as the Country of Tunquin.
The Other begins to blow from the end of January to the
end of July ; and the two laft months are their months
of rain. The greateft inconvenience is 6 that there
arife once in leaven years , as well in this Country as
in other parts of the Indies , thofe hideous and terrible
Tempefts , that blow down Houfes i tear up Trees
by the roots, and make ftrange Defolations. They feldont
laft above four and twenty hours, nor are their lad Effects
to be felt but only upon the Seas of China , Japan , Cochin-
china , Tunquiny and the Manilles ? being rarely known in any
other Seas.
The Aftrologers of thole parts believe that thefe terrible
Tempefts proceed from the Exhalations that rife out of the
Mines of Japon. It comes with that fuddain force that when
it furprizes a Veflel out at Sea, the Pilots have no other
remedy then to cut down all the Mafts ? that the ftorm
may have the lefs force upon the Ship.
In this fair extent of Land, almoft: equal to that of France,
are leveral Provinces, wholelimmits are not well known;
the Tunquinefes being no great Geographers, nor having bin
over curious to write the Annals of the Nation. But the
moft: underftanding and knowing among them affur d me at
Batavia , that the whole Kingdom contain'd above twenty
thoufand Cities and Towns. They alfo affirm’d that there
might be many more, but after the manner of their Neigh
bours the Coc/?mc/;me/er, many of the People choole rather to
upon the Water then upon the Land ; fo that you fihall fee
live the greateft: part of their Rivers coverd with Boates,
which lerve them inftead of Houles; and which are very
neat ? though they alfo keep their Cartel in them.
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