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Book II. Travels in India. i 3 i
Cochin. But the Hollanders have deflroyed all thofe places, fb that the Cinna
mon is now in their hands. When the Portugal* had that Coaft, the Enrlifh
bought their Cinnamon of them,and ufually paid for it by the Mein fifty MamoudiY
Drugs that are brought to Surat, and brought from other Countries^ with
the price of every one by the Mein. .
Salt Artnoniack, according to the ufual price, cofts by the Mein twenty
Mamoudi’s.
Borax, comes unrefin’d from Amadabat, as does Salt Armoniack, and cofts
by the Mein thirty-five Mamoudi’s.
Gum-Lack, feven Mamoudi’s and a half.
Gum-Lack wafti’d, ten Mamoudi’s.
Gum-Lack in Hicks of Wax, forty Mamoudi’s.
There are fome of thefe Sticks that coft fifty or fixty MamoudiY the Mein
and more when they mix Musk in the Gum.
Saffron of Surat, which is good for nothing but for colouring,four MamoudiY >
and a half.
Cumin White, eight MamoudiY.
Cumin Black, three MamoudiY.
Arlet fmall, three MamoudiY.
Frankincenfe, that comes from the CoaH of Arabia^ three MamoudiY.
Myrrh, that which is good, call’d Mirra Gilet^ thirty MamoudiY.
Myrrh ifo/ri, which comes from Arabia^ fifteen MamoudiY.
Caffia, two MamoudiY.
Sugar Candy, eighteen MamoudiY.
Afutinat, a fort of Grain, very hot, one Mamoudi.
Aanife-Seed Grofs, three MamoudiY and a half.
- Annife-Seed fmall and hot, one Mamoudi and a half. ^
Oupelote, a Root, fourteen MamoudiY.
Cointre, five MamoudiY.
Auzerout, from Perfia^ a hundred and twenty MamoudiY.
Aloes Succotrine, from Arabia^ twenty eight MamoudiY.
Licorice, four MamoudiY.
Lignum Aloes,in great pieces, two hundred MamoudiY.
Lignum Aloes, in fmall pieces, four hundred MamoudiY.
Vez^Cabouli, a certain Root, twelve MamoudiY.
Ti}£re is a fort of Lignum Aloes very Gummy, which comes to, by the
Mein, four thoufand MamoudiY.
Gum-Lake for the moft part comes from Pegu ; yet there is fome alfo brought
from Bengala, where it is very dear, by reafon the Natives fetch that lively Scar
let colour out of it, with which they paint their Calicuts. Newerthelefs,
i}K . Hollanders buy it, and carry it into Perfia for the fame ufe of painting,
yhat which remains after the colour is drawn off, is only fit to make fealing
Wax. That which comes from Pegu is not fo dear, though as good for other
Countries. The difference is only this, that it is not fo clean in Pegu, where
the Pifmires foul it, as in 'Bengal^ where it grows in a healthy place, full of
hhrubs, where tfiofe Animals cannot fo well come at it. The Inhabitants of
Pegu never make any ufe of it in painting, being a dull fort of people, that are
m nothing at all indufirious.
The women of Surat get their livings by cleanfing the Lake after the Scar
let colour is drawn from it. After that they give it what colour they pleafe,
nna make it up into Sticks for fealing Wax. The Englifliand Holland Company
^rry away every year a hundred and fifty Chefts. The price is about ten Sous
fcne pound.
Powder’d Sugar is brought in great quantities out of the Kingdom of Ben*
I h ’ u cau ^ es a ^° a very great Trade at Ougeli, Patna, Daca, and other places,
ave been told it for a very great certainty, by feveral ancient people in
^ u § ar being kept thirty years becomes abfolute poifon, and that
lvre l% R0 Venome more dangerous, or that fooner works its effect. Loaf-Sugar