h made of cotton. The people haue eares which be
marueilous great of a span long, which they draw out in length by deuises
when they be yong. Here they be all Gentiles, and they will kil nothing.
They haue hospitals for sheepe, goates, dogs, cats, birds, and for all
other liuing creatures. When they be old and lame, they keepe them vntil
they die. If a man catch or buy any quicke thing in other places and bring
it thither, they wil giue him mony for it or other victuals, and keepe it
in their hospitals or let it go, They wil giue meat to the Ants. Their smal
mony is almonds, [Marginal note: In Mexico they vse likewise for small
money the fruit Cacao which are like almonds.] which oftentimes they vse to
eat. From thence I returned to Hugeli, which is the place where the
Portugals keep in the country of Bengala which standeth in 23. degrees of
Northerly latitude, and standeth a league from Satagan: they cal it Porto
Piqueno. We went through the wildernes, because the right way was full of
thieues, where we passed the countrey of Gouren, where we found but few
villages, but almost all wildernes, and saw many buffes, swine and deere,
grasse longer then a man, and uery [sic--KTH] many Tigers. [Sidenote: Porto
Angeli.] Not far from Porto Piqueno south westward, standeth an hauen which
is called Angeli, in the countrey of Orixa. It was a kingdom of it selfe,
and the king was a great friend to strangers. Afterwards it was taken by
the king of Patan which was their neighbour, but he did not enioy it long,
but was taken by Zelabdim Echebar, which is king of Agra, Delli, and
Cambaia. Orixi standeth 6. daies iourney from Satagan, south westwards.
[Sidenote: The like cloth may be made of the long grasse in Virginia.] In
this place is very much Rice, and cloth made of cotton, and great store of
cloth which is made of grasse, which they call Yerua, it is like a silke.
They make good cloth out of it which they send for India and diuers other
places. To this hauen of Angeli come, euery yeere many ships out of India,
Negapatan, Sumatra, Malacca, and diuers other places; and lade from thence
great store of Rice, and much cloth of cotton wooll, much sugar, and long
pepper, great store of butter, and other victuals for India. Satagam is a
faire citie for a citie of the Moores, and very plentifull of all things.
Here in Bengala they haue euery day in one place or other a great market
which they call Chandeau, and they haue many great boats which