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 42
mel , ww, acetam & veftitum confidant. To conclude, thefe are bought with little charge, thirty Orenges or Lemons the Blacks ex¬ change for a Iheet of Paper ; for two Iheets ten Coco-nuts ; an Oxe for a piece of eight • a Goat for fix-pence. Ships they have none, nor Boats, but Canooes hewed out of… … The k of September we bad farewel to Mohelia, by benefit of a fair gale that fill’d all our fails, ' plowing up the yielding Ocean. The long billows made us dance apace, yet without dread i feeing the Marines made fo good ufe of this advantage, as in lour days more by obfervation we found our…
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