'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.' [‎10] (853/1024)

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two Nations pickle up great quantities of them, and fend
them abroad, which is a vaft trade among them • and indeed
the chiefeft occalion of the Wars between them is, becaufe
the Cochinchinefes do all they can to hinder the Tunquinefes to
fifh for them , alledging that thofe Seas and Iflands belong
to them. Neither is the Meat but the Shell alfo of great
efteem, and one ot the great eft Commodities for Trade
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Tunquin alfo affords great ftore of Ananas and Orange
trees, of which there are of two forts : the one that bears
a Fruit no bigger then an Abricot • the other bigger then
thole of Portugal: both alike in taft, and being to be gather'd
from the tree for fix months together. They have alfo two
forts of Citrons, the one yellow, the other green • but both
the one and the other fo tart and fowhr, that they cannot be
eaten without offence to the Stomach. Neverthelefs, the
Juyce is made life of as we do here of Aquafortis, to cleanfe
Copper, Tin, and Iron, before we gild thofe Metals, as
alfo for Tinctures 1 , efpecially thofe of Silk. They are alfo
made ufe of for Lyes to whiten Linnen , and to take out
Spots* Through all the Territories of the Great Mogul they
make ufe of this Juyce of Citrons to whiten their Calicuts;
whereby they make them fometimes fo white that they dazle
the fight.
They make great quantities of Silk in the Kingdom of
Tmquin , of which both rich and poor make themfelves
Garments. The Hollanders, who thruft themfelves in every
where, where there is any hope of gain, carry off fucha
quantity every year, that it is now become the chiefeft part
of that Commodity which they carry to Japon • whereas
before they fetch’d their Commodities from Perjta, (Bengda,
or China.
As for iweet (melding Flowh's, the Tunquimfes have but
one fort, which they call the Flow'r of Bague. It grows
like a large Nolegay, and the Branches of the Shrub that
bear it, fpread themlelves crawlingly upon the ground. As
they have great ftore of Sugar, fo they eat very much, while
it is yet in the Cane, not having the true Art to refine it: and
that which they do grofiy refine, they make into little Loaves
weighing about half a pound. They eat very much, making
ufe of it always after Meals to help digeftion.
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