Excerpt from The English Factories in India, 1634-1636: A Calendar of Documents in the India Office, British Museum and Public Record Office With the Mary departed the Reformation and the Intelligence, both bound for the West Coast of Sumatra, and four other vessels under Captain Weddell (the yonas being the flagship) for Gombroon. This fleet returned early in April, and in the same month was dispatched on the usual cruise to the southwards. One of the four - the Hart - was, however, to quit the rest near Ceylon and proceed to the Coromandel Coast; while a second - the Discovery was to be dispatched to the same destination at a later period of the voyage. The remaining two were to effect a junction at the Comoros with the fleet expected from England and return with them; but Weddell had orders to diverge from the rest to Gom broon, in order to pick up some silk which was expected to be lying there awaiting transport to Surat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.