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several carpets (alcatifa de fiado), some muskets (espringardas) , 

 and two pieces of vermilion scarlet (duas peses de escarlata ver- 

 melho). 



This last phrase proves that scarlet at this time still repre- 

 sented a material and not a colour. 



(In Jaschke's Tibetan Dictionary we find under saq-lad 

 ( ^TTGK" ) two meanings : 



(1) fine-cloth, European broad-cloth ; and 



( 2) round or twisted lace, round tape, strips of cloth set 



with spangles.) 



E. Denison Ross. 



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