172 GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES
•whether the Hindoos resort to Visit, being the place
[Purl, temple] in which is placed their chiefe stone
God.
20. JAPAN
Harl. MS. 4254, fol. 21a.
(a) The Directore for the Dutch saith that the
Natives [of Japan] will not do any drudging work, or
any other, under one Rupee per day, money being so
plentifull and provisions so scarce, or deare, and also
that the Dutch are none of them permitted to go out
of their Factory without leave from the Governor of
the place, who seldome gives them leave to goe above
2 or 3 miles from their Factory. The Natives will not
suffer any man of the Dutch to be Chiefe of the Dutch
Factory above 2 years together. The said Director
said that when hee had beene Chiefe there 2 yeares,
the Governor sent to him to be gone, who desired leave
to put his things aboard, but the Governor charged
him at his perill to be gone immediately or else hee
would cut of every Dutchman on shore and sink their
vessells in the Road ; so hee was forced to go away
immediately and had not time to take his Scretore
[escritoire] of papers with him.
(£) Hee saith the Natives are very just in their
dealings and will not cheat in weight or measure;
neither will they break their promise, but are very
punctuall in performance thereof. I heard a Scotch-
man say that had been there about 6 months since.
That when they went that voyage to Japan., they mist
their Port and were by Stormes forced into another
Port, which allarummed the Countrey, and the
Governor of the towne sent for those that went on shore,
who when came neare him, were forced to creep on