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The First Village We Came To Was In The Gulf Of _Tavay_, On The Coast Of Tanasserim, In The Dominions

Of Pegu, where we found plenty of provisions; yet for two or three days after our arrival none of us

Could eat much, and most of us were at the point of death. From Tavay to _Martaban_, in the kingdom of Pegu, the distance is 72 miles[164]. We loaded our boat at Tavay with provisions sufficient for six months, and then went in our boat to the city and port of Martaban, in the kingdom of Pegu, and arrived there in a short time. But not finding our ship there as we hoped, we dispatched two barks in search of her. They found her in great calamity at an anchor, with a contrary wind, which was exceedingly unfortunate for the people, especially as they had been a whole month without a boat, which prevented them from making any provision of wood and water. The ship, however, arrived safe, by the blessing of God, in the harbour of Martaban.

[Footnote 164: On the coast of Tanasserim, in lat. 13 deg. N. is an island called _Tavay_, so that the gulf of Tavay in the text was probably in that neighbourhood. Martaban is in lat. 16 deg. 40' N. So that the difference of latitude is 8 deg. 40', and the distance cannot be less than 250 miles. - E.]

SECTION XVIII

_Of Martaban and the Kingdom of Pegu._

On our arrival at Martaban we found about ninety Portuguese there, including merchants and lower people, who had fallen at variance with the governor of the city, because certain vagabond Portuguese had slain five _falchines,_ or porters, belonging to the king of Pegu.

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