Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the Great. Describing more particularly the Empires of Persia and Industan ... As also, many ... kingdoms in the oriental India ... (1677)
Herbert, Thomas, Sir, 1606-1682 · London : R. Everingham for R. Scot, etc. · leaf 350
elancholy, kills worms, purges the maw, preferves the teeth, prevents hunger, and ftupifies the fenfe : which laft vertue occasions the Indians Women to chew it when they go to burning with their dead Husbands. Mount Elly is in 12 degrees latitude, in 55 degrees 30 minutes longitude; variation 13… … An unhappy accident happened us here, before we weighed anchor : For, on the five and twentieth day defcrying at the point of the Bay a Junk of feventy Tuns fraught with merchandize and bound for Acheen , we could likewife perceive a Mailabar Pirat fculk near this Junk, which he doubted not to…
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