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Hawkins to the Red Sea, Bantam, and England.
SECT. VI. Observations of William Finch, Merchant, who accompanied Captain Hawkins to Surat, and returned over Land to England.
Introduction.
§ 1. Remembrances respecting Sierra Leona, in 1607.
§ 2. Observations made at St Augustine in Madagascar, and at the Island of Socotora.
§ 3. Occurrences in India, respecting the English, Dutch, Portuguese, and Moguls.
§ 4. Journey to Agra, and Observations by the Way; with some Notices of the Deccan Wars.
§ 5. Description of Futtipoor, Biana, &c. of Nill, or Indigo; and of other Matters.
§ 6. Description of Lahore, with other Observations.
SECT. VII. Voyage of Captain David Middleton, in 1607, to Bantam and the Moluccas.
Introduction.
SECT. VIII. Fourth Voyage of the English East India Company, in 1608, by Captain Alexander Sharpey.
Introduction.
§ 1. Relation of this Voyage, as written by Robert Coverte.
§ 2. Supplement to the foregoing Narrative, from the Account of the same unfortunate Voyage, by Thomas Jones.
§ 3. Additional Supplement, from the Report of William Nichols.
SECT. IX. Voyage of Captain Richard Rowles in the Union, the Consort of the Ascension.
Introduction.
§ 1. Of the Voyage of the Union, after her Separation from the Ascension, to Acheen and Priaman.
§ 2. Return of the Union from Priaman towards England.
SECT. X. Fifth Voyage of the English East India Company, in 1609, under the Command of Captain David Middleton.
Introduction.
§ 1. Occurrences at Bantam, Booton, and Banda.
§ 2. Occurrences at Banda; Contests with the Hollanders; Trade at Pulo-way, and many Perils.
§ 3. Departure for Bantam, Escape from the Hollanders, and Voyage Home.
SECT. XI. Sixth Voyage of the English East India Company, in 1610, under the Command of Sir Henry Middleton.
Introduction.
§ 1. Incidents of the Voyage till the Arrival of the Squadron at Mokha.
§ 2. Transactions at Mokha, and Treachery of the Turks there, and at Aden.
§ 3. Journey of Sir Henry Middleton to Zenan, in the Interior of Yemen, or Arabia Felix, with some Description of the Country, and Occurrences till his Return to Mokha.
§ 4. Sir Henry Middleton makes his Escape from the Turks, and forces them to make Satisfaction.
§ 5. Voyage from the Red Sea to Surat, and Transactions there.
§ 6. Voyage from Surat to Dabul, and thence to the Red Sea, and Proceedings there.
SECT. XII. Journal of the preceding Voyage by Nicholas Downton, Captain of the Pepper-corn.
Introduction.
§ 1. Notices of the Voyage between Saldanha Bay and Socotora, both inclusive.
§ 2. Of Abdal Kuria, Arabia Felix, Aden, and Mokha, and the treacherous Proceedings of both Places.
§ 3. Account of Proceedings in the Red Sea on the second Visit.
§ 4. Voyage from Mokha to Sumatra, and Proceedings there.
§ 5. Voyage of the Pepper-corn Home to England.
SECT. XIII. The Seventh Voyage of the English East India Company, in 1611, commanded by Captain Anthony Hippon.
Introduction.
SECT. XIV. Notices of the preceding Voyage, by Peter Williamson Floris.
Introduction.
§ 1. The Voyage to Pullicatt, Patapilly, Bantam, Patane, and Siam.
§ 2. Narrative of strange Occurrences in Pegu, Siam, Johor, Patane, and the adjacent Kingdoms.
§ 3. Voyage to Masulipatam, and Incidents during a long Stay at that Place.
§ 4. Voyage to Bantam, and thence to England.
SECT. XV. Eighth Voyage of the English East India Company, in 1611, by Captain John Saris.
Introduction.
§ 1. Incidents of the Voyage from England to Socotora.
§ 2. Occurrences at Socotora and in the Red Sea.
§ 3. Adventures along with Sir Henry Middleton in the Red Sea, and other Observations in those Parts, with our Arrival at Bantam.
§ 4. The Voyage of Captain Saris, in the Clove, towards Japan, with Observations respecting the Dutch and Spaniards at the Molucca Islands.
[Illustration: Map of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope]
A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.
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PART II. BOOK III.
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CHAPTER IX.
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EARLY VOYAGES OF THE ENGLISH. TO THE EAST INDIES, BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXCLUSIVE COMPANY.
SECTION IV.
Voyage of Mr John Eldred, by Sea, to Tripoli, in Syria, and thence, by Land and River, to Bagdat and Basora, in 1583.[1]
I departed from London in the Tiger on Shrove-Tuesday, 1583, in company with Mr John Newberry, Mr Ralph Fitch, and six or seven other honest merchants, and arrived at Tripoli in Syria on the next ensuing 1st of May. On our arrival, we went a Maying on the Island of St George, where the Christians who die here on ship board are wont to be buried. In this city of Tripoli our English merchants have a consul, and all of the English nation who come here reside along with him, in a house or factory, called Fondeghi Ingles, which is a square stone building, resembling a cloister, where every person has his separate chamber, as is likewise the custom of all the other Christian nations at this place.
[Footnote 1: Hakluyt, II. 402. As Eldred accompanied Newberry and Fitch from England to Basora, this article is, in a great degree, connected