Tho' he was young when I went from Home, yet I presently knew him by some Features that I remember'd, besides his being very much pitted with the Small-Pox. Is your Name Massey? said I, Yes, said he, at your Service. Did you know, reply'd I, Mr. Elliot Consul at Algier? Intimately, said he. Very well, I reply'd, there's a Letter which he order'd me to give you. He took it, open'd and read it, and when he came to the Place where my Name was mention'd, he threw it down in a Hurry on the Counter against which he lean'd, and fell about my Neck without speaking one Word.
As much as I labour'd at it, I was not able to pronounce a Word for a long time; we held each other about the Neck like two Statues, and I believe we should have died with Joy in one another's Arms if Care had not been taken to separate us. You are just come from Slavery, dear Brother, said he, with Tears in his Eyes, and no doubt you want the good Things of this World. But Heaven has bless'd me for us both, come home with me for the remainder of your Life to enjoy my Plenty, and your own Liberty. 'Tis but reasonable that you should govern in your Turn. I, my Wife and Children will now be your Slaves. I would have you be Master at my House, and I will be the first to obey. I was going to thank him for his Civilities, and to give him to understand that a Man of my Age would not be very agreeable so young People, that it would be better I should be put to board with some Stranger, who for my Money would be oblig'd to put up with my Infirmities. But he immediately interrupted me, and having order'd the Tailor to finish my Clothes with all Speed, he carry'd me to his House.
Yet, whatever I have said of my Brother is nothing in short to what his Family did. I thought my Sister his Wife, and my Nephews and Nieces his Children would have eaten me up alive for Joy. I had a very fine Apartment for my Lodging, and a domestic Servant always to attend me.
Le Grand one of my Fellow Travellers having heard of my Arrival, did me the Favour to come and see me. He told me how, after having left Goa, he went to the Isle of Java, where he had the Happiness to be introduc'd into the Family of M. de St. Martin, and by him to M. Van Reden, Governor of Batavia, that by M. Martin's Means he had, an Opportunity to improve in the Mathematical Lectures I had given him, by acting in the Post of Engineer, which had enabled him to live genteelly the rest of his Days. He told me also that La Foret died in those Parts in very good Circumstances, but he knew not what was become of the others.
To do Justice to this Gentleman, I frankly own, that the frequent Conversation I enjoy'd with him contributed not a little towards refreshing my Memory with a great many Circumstances which I had almost utterly forgot, and that tho' this Narrative wants very much of being so perfect as it would have been, if I had preserv'd my Journals, or had the Conveniency every where of putting down what occurr'd, yet without him it would not have been near so compleat as it is.
If I have omitted some Things, I have on the other hand advanc'd nothing but what I was either a Witness of, or came to me from the first hand. And I would have publish'd this Account of my Travels some Years ago, had not substantial Reasons prevented me, and especially these two. 1. My Brother being concern'd in the great Farms of France, had such ill Success in them that he was forc'd to leave all, and come and settle in England, where he lives as private as possible, for fear the Court should hear of him, and give him Trouble. The other Reason is of no less Weight, and affects myself in particular. I was afraid lest my Book would excite the Ambition of some insatiable Monarch to conquer the Kingdom I describe and that he would compel me to serve as a Guide to those who should be employed in so difficult an Expedition. But alas! I am weary of travelling, and too old to bear the Fatigues which I have endur'd heretofore. My Nephews are intrusted with the Care of this Manuscript, after my Brother and I are dead, so that when it comes out in print the World may be assur'd that we are not in Being.
INDEX.
A.
Algier, its Description, Page [314].
Anatomy of the Human Body, [22]. &c.
Animals, their Production, [271].
Ark of Noah, its Dimensions, [243].
B.
Bashaw, at Algier, how he was frighten'd in his
Bed by a Mad-man, [278], [279], &c.
The Trouble our Author came into for it, who was his Keeper,
[281], [282], &c.
Bawd and a young Whore at Paris, their Design upon a
Counsellor of the Parliament, [144] to [148].
Beasts, whether they have Reason, [25].
Bees, Fable of, [292].
Beginning, in the Book of Genesis, the Word accounted
for, [26].
Bible, the Author's prophane Account of it, [15], &c.
How his Mind was alter'd, [28].
Bissextile Year, why call'd so, [55].
Blasphemy against God reckoned the most enormous Crime, [94].
Bleeding, an infallible Remedy to staunch it, [315].
Bodies, human; how liable to change, [45].
Brasil Women, how their Husbands lie in for 'em, [17].
Bustrol the King of this strange Country; his Character,
Dress, Children and Wives, Palace, Revenues, Coin, &c. [127] to
[132], [136].
Ridiculous Account of the Origin of his Ancestors, and the
Methods used to enforce the Belief of it, [135], [150], [151].
His way of travelling, [168].
His Marriage to a Woman that was to have been the Wife of a
Carpenter, [169].
His other Marriages, [170].
C.
Calendar, its Origin and Correction, [54], [55].
Cantons, a particular Description of them, [83]. [99].
Christ, what Notion they have of him in those Parts,
[95], [96].
How his Miracles are to be understood, [267].
Christian Religion, some Account of it, [141], &c.
Chronologies of the World, various, [110], &c.
Clock-making, the Author and his Comrades Genius for it, [91],
How they were employ'd in it by the King of the Country,
[127], [137].
The Honours paid them for their Ingenuity, [161].
Cock-fighting, and Eagle catching two yearly Ceremonies,
[78], [79].
Creation, gross Accounts of it, [106], [107], [123].
Crimes how punish'd in this unknown Country, [94].
Why they put no Criminals to Death, [92], [93].
Cubit in the Scripture, what it was, [243], [244].
D.
Days and Hours how measur'd in this strange Country before
the Invention of Clocks, [91], &c.
Days thought to be all alike, [99].
Deluge, whether Universal or only Partial, [241], &c. to [245].
Descartes's Works, Reflections on them, [6], [7].
E.
Eagle-baiting, a yearly Ceremony, [79].
Earth, its Motions describ'd, [53], [54], [137].
Earth, its Motion further illustrated, [162] to [165].
Earthquake and a Tempest describ'd, [235].
Eclipses defin'd, [58], [59].
Empress, which of the King's Wives has that Name, [153]:
Her Delivery of a Son, and the Ceremonies on that Occasion,
[152], [153], &c.
F.
Father's remarkable Quarrel with his Son, and the Decision of
it, [157] to [160].
Funerals, an Account of them, [167].
G.
Galileo, his Sufferings from the Court of Inquisition, [7].
Gall-nut, a Description of that Fruit, [272].
Glass, the Want of it how supply'd, [130].
Goa City, its Description and Inhabitants, [251], [254].
How our Author was frighten'd in his Bed at one of the Inns,
252, &c.
His Practice there in Surgery, [254].
His Imprisonment in the Inquisition, [255].
His Discourse with a Chinese Prisoner about Religion, [256], &c.
His Defence before the Inquisition, and Condemnation to the
Galleys for Life, [273], [274].
How he was taken by a Pirate, and carry'd to Algier, [276].
His Redemption from Slavery, [300].
Goats large and strong us'd for Draught, [82].
Story of an unruly one, [88].
GOD, by what Name he, is call'd in this unknown Country, [93].
Their Opinion of the Divine Being, [98], [118], [119].
H.
Hair, long, a Dissertation upon it, and why our Author consented
to have his cut off, [29], [30].
Heat and Cold, what they consist in, [59], [61].
Heaven, a crude Notion of it, [114].
Heudde, Peter, how he bit Vandyke a Dutch Factor at Lisbon,
[32], &c. [302].
How he was, afterwards taken by the Pirates, [283].
How he pretended to make Gold, [306] to [309].
His own Narrative of his Rogueries, [301] to [313].
I.
Immortality of the Soul ridicul'd, [116], &c.
Incarnation of Christ, that Mystery freely treated of, [265], [266].
L.
Language of the unknown Country, [75] to [78].
Light, its Creation defin'd, [26], [107].
Lisbon City describ'd, [14].
M.
Marriages at what Age they are allow'd in this unknown Country,
and to whom prohibited, [153], [167].
Massey, John, a Mercer at London, our Author's Brother and their
Caresses at Meeting there, [315].
Massey, David, Captain of a Ship his Misfortune, [2].
Matter, its Operation on our Organs, [60].
Microscopes, the Use of 'em, [269], [270].
Mines of Iron and Coal describ'd, [85], [86].
Miracles of our Saviour how to be understood, [266], [267].
N.
Negro, Story of one who hang'd himself for fear of banging, [19].
The Dissection of his Body, [20].
Why Negroes are black, [21].
Nests of strange Birds describ'd, [44], [45].
News, the Method of spreading it through this unknown Country, [155].
O.
Oak-Apples describ'd, [272].
P.
Paris, the Author's Account of it, [4].
Pascal, M. an Account of his Conic Sections, [5].
Perception, what is the sole Cause of it, [24].
Philosophy, natural, a curious Discourse on it, [236] to [240].
Pillar of Fire that conducted the Israelites, what it was, [105].
Pole, a strange Animal of that Name describ'd, [131].
Polybius, a Quotation from him with respect to the Gods, and
to Rewards and Punishments, [264].
Polygamy, to whom allow'd, [128].
Prayer reckon'd needless, [99], [101].
The Necessity of it, [101], [103].
Princes why they don't love Alterations in Worship, [96].
Purgatory, an Account of it, [141].
R.
Religious Differences not so essential as pretended, [264], [265].
Resurrection, the Pagan Notion of it, [107], [108], &c. [113], [116].
Revelation Divine vindicated, [103], [104], &c.
Revelation Divine defended by our Author against a Christian
Renegadoe, [284], [285], [286].
S.
Savages, our Author and his Comrades encounter with them, [226], &c.
to [230].
Scriptures, Holy, whether they were all inspir'd, [286], [287].
Their Antiquity and Authenticity, [287], [288] to [290].
Serpent, a hideous one like to have devour'd our Author, &c. [50].
Small-Pox, its Fatality, [170].
Spaniard's scuffle with a Portuguese in which they
murder'd each other, [250], [251].
Sun, how worthy he is thought of Adoration, [52], [53].
Computation of his Dimensions, [57], [58], [162].
Sun-Dialling, an Account of that Art, [171].
T.
Temperance, the good Effects of it, [31], [32].
Thought defin'd, [24].
Time internal and external, how defin'd and measur'd, [26], [27].
Tortoises, the Excellency of their Fat, [39].
Touch, the Effects of it, [24], [25].
Trinity, a Discourse on that Subject betwixt a Chinese Pagan and
a French Jesuit, [258], [259].
Compared to a Fruit-Tree, [259], [260].
The Infidelity of the Chinese, [261].
V.
Virgin, what it means in the Original, [266].
W.
Wandering Jew, an Account of him, [8], &c.
Wars, just, vindicated, [139], [140].
Watch, a Present of one made to the King by our Author's Comrade, [172].
How it involv'd him in a very dangerous Intrigue with one of
the King's Wives, [173] to [200].
Woolpack at Sea describ'd, [36], &c.
Y.
Year, the Variety of its Computations, [54], [55].
The Difference betwixt the Gregorian and Julian, [56].
FINIS.