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WESTERN H I N D O S T A N. 



HriGHT OF THE 



Ghauts. 



Antient Com- 



M£RC£. 



Othonia. 



In the following year, he agahi afcended the toilfome paths 

 to fame, fuccefsfully joined his great commander, and received 

 the moft pleafi ng reward to noble minds, praife well deferved, 

 and earned with hardships, perfeverance, and judgment. 



Viewing the immenfe range of mountains from below, in 

 height a mile and a quarter from the fea? covered with forefts, 

 the tops often hid in the clouds, they appear to form an un- 

 furmountable barrier between the Myfore country and the Ma- 

 labar coaft *. 



The tradl which now bears the name of Canhara, is by 

 Arrian llyled Cottonara. The t?'a7is-ghautian part is the Fan- 

 dionis Regio, which anfwers to the modern kingdom of Myfore. 



All this tra6t was, in Arriari's time, noted for its rich pro- 

 dudlions and great commerce, particularly in the article pepper. 

 The Piper cottonariciim was famous in all parts, but the hifto- 

 rian limits the growth to one fpot. The country was far from 

 being confined to that fingle article : It fupplied the merchants 

 with numbers of the fineft pearls, ivory, and Othonia /erica, a 

 certain mixed manufadlure of cotton and filk. 



Arrian, i. 539, fpeaks of the beautiful white linens of India ^ 

 probably the fame with the modern calicoes. Thefe formed, 

 as they do at prefent, a great part of their clothing. This trade 

 is probably continued, to the prefent day, to the emporia of 

 Tartary. ^Nfitn Anthonie Jenkinfon was at Bocbara, in 1558^, 

 the Indian caravans brought great quantities of this fpecies of 

 linen, which was much ufed by the 'Tartars to form their head- 



Major Dirom's Campaigns, p. 90. 



drefs. 



