This Bird Is Said By The People To Engender By The Ear, And To
Give Suck To Their Young.
The winter begins here about the 1st of June, and continues till the
20th September, but not with continual rains as at Goa; having only
heavy rain for six or seven days every full and change of the moon, with
much wind, thunder and lightning.
At the breaking up of the winter,
there is always a cruel storm, called tuffoon, fearful even to men on
land. This is not equally severe every year, but once in two or three
years at the most. The monsoons, or periodical winds, serve here for
going to the south in April and September, and for Mocha in February and
March. From the south, ships come here in December, January, and
February, and from Mocha about the 5th September, after the rains. From
Ormus they sail for the coast of India in November: But none dare pass
without a licence of the Portuguese, for which they exact whatever they
think proper, erecting, by their own authority, a custom-house on the
seas, confiscating both ship and goods to the taker, if they do not
produce a regular pass.
Sec. 4. Journey to Agra, and Observations by the Way; with some Notices of
the Deccan Wars.
The 18th January, 1610,[233] I departed from Comuariaw, or Cumraie, a
small village 3 coss from Surat, to Mutta, a great aldea, 7 coss.
The 21st to Carode, 8 coss, a large country town, having the Surat
river on the north.
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