Inghezeegee And Malala,[169] Two Others Of The Comoras, Have Very Little Rice, And The People Are Very Treacherous; And They Report That About Sixteen Years Ago An English Ship Lost Many Men By Treachery On That Island, Which Surely Was James Lancaster In Raimond's Voyage.[170]

[Footnote 166:

This must be the case where they reckon by lunar months, as is done every where by the Mahometans. - ASTL. I. 318. c.]

[Footnote 167: This should be Neuruz, which in Persian signifies New-year's day. - ASTL. I. 318. d.]

[Footnote 168: Probably St Christopher's, St Esprit, Hinznan, and Mayotta, - E.]

[Footnote 169: Probably Gazidza or Angazezio, and Molalio, Moelia, or Senbracas. - E.]

[Footnote 170: In the account of that voyage, as already given in Chap. IX. Sect. 6. of this book, which was in 1591, Lancaster was said to have been lost in a storm. He may have got on shore in this island, and been massacred by the natives. - E.]

We were farther informed, that this day, 26th May, 1608, was the 224th from the Neyrooze, or new-year's-day, according to their account: That there is no rain on the coast of Arabia till the 70th day of this monsoon: That the 305th day from Neyrooze is the best time for going to Surat; and that in ten or twelve days they get to that port. Burrom, Mekella, and Cayxem, [Keyshem, Kashin, Kasseen, Kassin, or Kushem,] on the coast of Arabia, are good harbours for shelter in both monsoons; but are places of no trade.

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