The 4th The Merchant And Linguist Went Ashore, And Were Kindly
Treated By The King, But Could Not Agree In The Price, As He Asked 40
Dollars The Quintal Of 104 Pounds, Saying He Had Only 25 Quintals, And
Was Much Solicited For It By The Portuguese.
At length we agreed to give
30 dollars for one parcel, and 38 for another, and he delivered us 4067
pounds, which cost 1418-1/2 rials of eight, or dollars.
On this occasion
we found the king false both in his weights and word, yet we treated him
well for the good of future voyages. We sailed for Bantam on the 8th
September.
[Footnote 421: Perhaps turmeric is here meant - E.]
The 22d, in lat. 8 deg. 12' N. by the stars, steering E. by S. with the
wind W.S.W. we fell at midnight into the strangest and most terrifying
shining water that any of us had ever seen, the water throwing so great
a glare about the ship that we could discern the letters in a book
perfectly, whereas it had been so dark only half an hour before, that we
could not see half the length of our ship any way. We doubted it had
been the breach of some sunken ground, and thought to have cast about;
but after sailing in it half an hour without any alteration, we held on
our course, and at length it proved to be cuttle-fish that made this
fearful show.
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