is called Diu, which standeth in an Iland in the kingdome of Cambaia, and is the strongest towne that the Portugales haue in those partes.  It is but litle, but well stored with marchandise; for here they lade many great shippes with diuerse commodities for the streits of Mecca, for Ormus, and other places, and these be shippes of the Moores and of Christains.  But the Moores cannot passe, except they haue a passeport from the Portugales.  Cambaietta is the chiefe citie of that prouince, which is great and very populous, and fairely builded for a towne of the Gentiles:  but if there happen any famine, the people will sell their children for very little.  The last king of Cambaia was Sultan Badu, which was killed at the seige of Diu, and shortly after his citie was taken by the great Mogor, which is the king of Agra and of Delli, which are fortie dayes iourney from the country of Cambaia.  Here the women weare vpon their armes infinite numbers of rings made of Elephants teeth, wherein they take so much delight, that they had rather be without their meate then without their bracelets.  Going from Diu we come to Daman the second towne of the Portugales in the countrey of Cambaia which is distant from Diu fortie leagues.  Here is no trade but of corne and rice.  They haue many villages vnder them which they quietly possesse in time of peace, but in time of warre the enemie is maister of them.  From thence we passed by Basaim, and from Basaim to Tana, at both which places is small trade but only of corn and rice.  The tenth of Nouember we arriued at Chaul which standeth in the firm land.  There be two townes, the one belonging to the Portugales, and the other to the Moores.  That of the Portugales is neerest to the sea, and commaundeth the bay, and is walled round about.  A little aboue that is the towne of the Moores which is gouerned by a Moore king called Xa Maluco.  Here is great traffike for all sortes of spices and drugges, silke, and cloth of silke, sandales, Elephants teeth, and much China worke, and much sugar which is made of the nutte called Gagara:  the tree is called the palmer; which is the profitablest tree in the worlde:  it doth alwayes beare fruit, and doth yeeld wine, oyle, sugar, vineger, cordes, coles, of the leaues are made thatch for the houses, sayles for shippes, mats to sit or lie on:  of the branches they make their houses, and broomes to sweepe, of the tree wood for shippes.  The wine doeth issue out of the toppe of the tree.  They cut a branch of a bowe and binde it hard, and hange an earthen pot vpon it, which they emptie euery morning and euery euening, and still it and put in certaine dried raysins, and it becommeth very strong wine in short time.  Hither many shippes come from all partes of India, Ormus, and many from Mecca:  heere be manie Moores and Gentiles.  They haue a very strange order among them, they worshippe a cowe, and esteeme much of the cowes doung to paint the walles of their houses.  They will kill nothing