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The First Persian Ana now in answere to yoi last of the lOik August reoJ. tho 141*
TOyage.
pJLsont, it will very muoh conoerne yo±- roputo in tbo seasonable sending
downo of your aocompts, as well those for tbo old joynt stoke a9 those other
for tbo first Persian voyage, w°J- not arriving before tbo first Novcmbor as above
said will come too late for their this yearos convayanco, and some tyme you
must remember to allowe for their entry beero into oJL generall book os, whose
not sending home this yeare would be imputed to tbo neglect .of o_L men, if
any in that kindo should bo backeward.
You will p.oeave by that clause of the CompJL letter woonoernos tho
I buying of saltepeeter bo we they doe now restraino us to such sorts as areonely
double refined, and for as much as the charge from thence is extraordinary
great, and that in England, it is very much fallen in price, wee shall hence
forward confine ourselves to the ffaotory Amadavad for the p.vision of that
oommoditio, where wee will not doubt of sufficient to accomplish the quantityes
now required, wsi are not to exceed a convenient p.portion only fitting for
! Ballast of the shipps retournahle for England; soe a9 you shall be quit from
all further trouble9iw9^. wee p.ceave to be incident in the procuring of these
p.visions.
Wee should be glad to heere that that which you have provided allready
were well onward on the waye, for its tymely arrivall here, if it were possible
to be sent home in the rctourning shipp yeare w?£- otherwise must be turned
over, and ap.priated to the aco.2- of this second voyage.
You are to take further knowledge that as the CompJL are some what
restrained in the requires of callicoes of all sorts, soe doe they inlarge the more
in their demaunds of both Cerques * and Agra iadico,+ and seeing the former
to be unreasonably inhanced in price, also a scarcetye thereof, and many
buyers, wee must endeavour the greater quantityes of those richer sorts there
w4r you, wherein for the more expedit p.formance and attayning of our full
desires and that the investment of this yeare may have its full accomplish­
ment, to be downe at Suratt before the begining of the reines wee doe send
you here wik all a bill of expJL for 25000 rupees made payable their unto you
a ... dayes accustomed by Vimjukicca \ the Vakill of oJL ancient acquaintance
Vergee Yora § who hath also furnished us with a letter of credit to tho amount
of 26000 Rupees ; for your further supplie uppon all occasions, and for addition
thereunto likewise wee intend to goe still remitting either by the waye of
Amadavad, or imeadiattly from hence, or from both, fully to inable you to the
purebaseing of 4 or 6000 of those mand9 to be p.vlded, and sent downe within
the lymitted tyme aforesaid, wherefore wee pray you to be very frequent in
your advices, and be resolute to lay hold upon all opportunities for the effect­
ing of those oJL imunitions; and for your better assistance in the pJLmisea wee
intend very speedyly, God willing, a supplies of one or two ffactors from hence
for the businesse may well deserve it.
• Chireiea or Cbirobees, is a small town about a league and a half from Abmedabad. It haa a great number
of tombi of tbe kings and princes 'of Gurerat, whence tbe Indians believe that it was, in anoient times, the
capital of that kingdom ; but it is more probable that it was only the burying plaoe of their kings, and that
Abmedabad was always tbeir capital. The factory wbioh the Dutch had here was established for the sake of
purchasing indigo.—Stavorinus's Voyages to the East Indies, VoL III., p. 100.
f Indigo comes from several parts of the great Mogal's Empire ; and aooording to the diversity of the
plaoes It differs in qoality and consequently in prioe. In the first place, it oomes from the territories of 27ia*a,
Indona, and Coveta, a day or two's journey from Agra, wbioh is esteemed tbe best of all. It is mado also
eight days* journey from Surat, in a village call'd Surquet, two leagues distance from Amadabadavor-
ner’s Travels in India, p. 128.
t Kimji Kika.
S Vilji Vora.