The Life of the Icelander Jón Ólaffson, Traveller to India

CONTENTS
PAGES
PREFATORY NOTE ....... vii
INTRODUCTION ........ xv-xxix
ADDENDUM AND ERRATA TO VOL. I ... xxx
PART II
CHAP.
I. First Danish Expedition to India under Ove Giedde. Embassy from the ruler of Ceylon to Holland and Denmark. Selection of the crew for the voyage . . . 1-6
II. The outward voyage. Capture of the Patientia. The fight at Portudal. Dissension in the fleet ....... 7-11
III. The Danes in Ceylon. Wreck of the Christian. Capture of the yacht Oresund. The Danes at Tanjore. A treaty with the Nayak ........ 12-24
IV. The fortress Dansborg erected at Tranquebar. Government of the Fort. Homeward voyage of the fleet ..... 25-29
V. Jon Olafsson a gunner in the Christianshavn bound to India. The captain and crew of the vessel ........ 30-35
VI. Outward voyage. Off Plymouth. Sir Francis Drake ........ 36-41
VII. Discipline on board. Rations allowed to the crew ........ 42-47
VIII. Inexperienced and cowardly helmsmen. Various kinds of fish ...... 48-57
XI. A waterspout and mirage. Crossing the Line. A meeting with the Flensborg. In Table Bay ........ 58-63
X. Penguin Island. Birds, beasts and fish at the Cape. A meeting with Captain Weddell's fleet . 64-70
XI. Hottentots. Description of Africa. The Christianshavn off Madagascar .... 71-80
XII. Visit of a Malagasy chief. Natural productions of the Island ...... 81-86
XIII. The ship provisioned at Anjuan, Comoro Is. Arrival at Ceylon. The Christianshavn off Dansborg. The kingdom of Narsinga. India extra Gangem ..... 87-94
XIV. Description of Asia. The Ckristianshavn saluted by the Spaniel. Jon challenged to fight a duel ........ 95-101
XV. The Christianshavn ordered to Tenasserim. A terrible sea serpent off Dansborg ....... 102-105
XVI. Daily routine and discipline in the fortress of Dansborg. Uses of the coconut palm ...... 106—113
XVII. Raghunatha, Nayak of Tanjore, his palace, court, wives and servants ....... 114—119
XVIII. Temples in Tanjore. Religious processions. Temple dancing-women ....... 120-124
XIX. Customs levied at Tranquebar. Hindu dramatic performances. Conjuring tricks. Hookswinging. A Hindu festival. Hindu philosophy. Devil-scarers ....... 125—131
XX. Hindu burial customs. Pariahs. Sati ....... 132-136
XXI. Hindu punishments for crime. Some Tamil words. Agriculture in Tanjore. Natural productions. Handicrafts. Mineral wealth. Blessing the sea. Turtles and tortoises ....... 137-146
XXII. The Danish church at Tranquebar. Jon wounds a native and attacks a sergeant. His imprisonment and release. Christoffer Boye's intervention in his behalf ........ 147-153
XXIII. The Christianshavn sails to Tenasserim. Dysentery in the fortress of Dansborg. Two mutineers sentenced to death and reprieved. The strappado described. The Danes at Masulipatam. Their conference with Prince Khurram. The story of Cornelius ........ 154—162
XXIV. Jon's servant. Jon's successful conflict with a snake and subsequent popularity. His quarrel with P. Jensen. He rides the wooden horse ........ 163-168
XXV. A symbolical horse at Tranquebar. Hindu greeting and naming of children. Exorcism ........ 169-172
XXVI. Raghunatha's demands from and threats to the Danes. His general invests Dansborg. Preparations for defence. Arrival of the Pearl and Jupiter. A reconciliation effected with the Tanjore forces. The Tanjore
general awed. The rector and chaplain in disgrace. A belligerent stag ........ 173-187
XXVII. The English ship Hart arrives off Dansborg. The Danes succeed in preventing English trade in Tanjore. Sentinels found sleeping court-martialed and pardoned. Jon sails in the Pearl for Europe. He is injured by a faulty gun. His sickness and sufferings. Two of his fingers amputated. Care expended on him ....... 188-202
XXVIII. Homeward voyage of the Pearl. Hans, the cook, runs amok. Sickness among the crew. The Pearl off the Cape. Boarhunting at St Helena. Provisions given to a Dutch ship. A storm at sea. The Pearl disabled. Shortage of food. Incapacity of the captain. Christoffer Boye takes command ........ 203-217
XXIX. A temporary rudder made. The governor's stag killed for food. The Pearl off the Scilly Isles. Driven to the Irish coast. Succoured from Youghal. The crew depleted by sickness. Death and burial of Christoffer Boye. Danger from the pirate Claes Campane ........ 218-227
XXX. More deaths in the Pearl. The ship towed into harbour. Jon is carefully tended. Hospitality shown by the Irish to the crew of the Pearl. They are entertained by the Earl of Cork. Midsummer Fires ........ 228-234
XXXI. The Danes and the Thirty Years' War. Simon Johansen repairs the Pearl ......... 235-236
XXXII. Hans the cook murders the rector and is hanged. Jon returns to Copenhagen. His petitions for assistance. Prince Christian recommends him to the Governor of Iceland. Jon's attorney in Copenhagen. He fails to recover his property ........ 237-246
XXXIII. Jon returns to Iceland ........ 246
PART III
I. Posts offered to Jon in Copenhagen. His friends in Iceland. The lease of three royal manors granted to him ...... 247-251
II. Jon resigns his manors. Raid of the Barbary pirates on Iceland. A dispute between two English ships and a French whaler ........ 252-256
III. Measures of defence against the pirates ........ 257-259
IV. The case of the French whaler ........ 260-261
V. Jon's first marriage ........ 262
VI. Jon made master-gunner of the Vestmann Islands ......... 263-265
VII. Death of Jon's first wife. ........ 266
VIII. Jon's second marriage ........ 267
I.. A royal manor in Eyrardal granted to Jon. He becomes a teacher. Death of his second wife. His own death in 1679 ........ 268-270
LIST OF WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE NOTES ........ 271-273
INDEX .......... 275-290