A Voyage to Abyssinia by Father Jerome Lobo





 -   For this commission I was made choice of; and, I know
not by what hidden degree of Providence, almost all - Page 145
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For This Commission I Was Made Choice Of; And, I Know Not By What Hidden Degree Of Providence, Almost All Affairs, Whatever The Success Of Them Was, Were Transacted By Me.

All the coasts were beset by Dutch cruisers, which made it difficult to sail without running the hazard of being taken.

I went therefore by land from Bazaim to Tana, where we had another college, and from thence to our house of Chaul. Here I hired a narrow light vessel, and, placing eighteen oars on a side, went close by the shore from Chaul to Goa, almost eighty leagues. We were often in danger of being taken, and particularly when we touched at Dabal, where a cruiser blocked up one of the channels through which ships usually sail; but our vessel requiring no great depth of water, and the sea running high, we went through the little channel, and fortunately escaped the cruiser. Though we were yet far from Goa, we expected to arrive there on the next morning, and rowed forward with all the diligence we could. The sea was calm and delightful, and our minds were at ease, for we imagined ourselves past danger; but soon found we had flattered ourselves too soon with security, for we came within sight of several barks of Malabar, which had been hid behind a point of land which we were going to double. Here we had been inevitably taken had not a man called to us from the shore and informed us that among those fishing-boats there, some crusiers would make us a prize.

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