The Morning Of The 9th February, 1612, We Warped The Trades-Increase
Over The Sands From The Road Of Swally, Which, If We Had Not Done This
Tide, We Had Lost The Whole Spring.
This road is in the latitude of 20 deg.
57', and the variation is 16 deg.
30'.[343] The morning of the 11th we
sailed for Surat road, and anchored there in the afternoon beside a new
ship belonging to Surat, just launched and come out of the river, and
bound for the Red Sea. Surat road is in lat. 20 deg. 40'.[344] We weighed
anchor on the 12th, and anchored two leagues south from the road beside
a ship of Calicut bound for Surat, out of which I took a pilot for
Dabul. We sailed again on the 13th, and at six in the evening of the
16th we arrived in the road of Dabul, in lat. 17 deg. 42', [17 deg. 45'] N.
[Footnote 343: Swally road, a little way north from the mouth of the
Taptee, or Surat river, is in lat. 21 deg. 7' N. long. 72 deg. 49' E. We have no
account in the original of having removed there, but that probably is
owing to the negligence of Purchas in abbreviating. - E.]
[Footnote 344: The parallel of 21 deg. N. runs through Surat roads, while
the latitude in the text falls far to the south of Surat river. The
difference of latitude assigned by Sir Henry between Swally roads and
Surat roads, supposing that of the preceding note for Swally accurate,
which we believe is the case, as taken upon the authority of the latest
and best map of India, Arrowsmith's, would place the best anchoring
ground of Surat roads in 20 deg.
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