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1922.) 
[ Fol. 151v.] 
I a abeae et delalsla y 
Xpiandad de Salsete. 
La Isla de Salsete esta a la 
p® del Sul, saliendo de la varra 
de Goa. Confina por vna 
p* con tierras del Hydalcan, y 
por otra con la mar. 
las 
cierto lugar con su escriuano, 
y alli, como en conseso, asien- 
tan lo q’ se a de hazer y es 
necess® p* el bien publico » p* 
arecadar el fuero y renda' de 
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en almoneda (y esto llaman 
nemo), q’ es comti consentim® 
de todos; y si vno solo faltare 
V no le paresciere bien, no se 
puede effectuar nada: y de lo 
se asienta solam® da fee el 
escriuano, sin firmarse ninguno 

1 First: renta. 
Father A. Monserrate, S.J., on Salsete, etc. 
351 
(Fol. 15 1v:) 
JESUS. 
Information on the Island and 
Christianity of Salsete 
The Island of Salsete is on 
the South side as one comes 
out of the bar of Goa. On 
one side it borders on lands of 
the Hydalcan; on the other, 
on the sea. It is 6 leagues in 
length and two in breadth. 
This island yields to the king 
,000 pardaos It has 66 
aldeas [villages], which are 
ed to 12,' which are ei 
ones who alone govern the 
whole island and the whole 
of the Conchan,in this manner : 
two men from each of these 
12 aldeas assemble in a cer- 
tain place with their saber eaile. 
eting. 
patito of 
When they vied igelied iia 
has to be done, the scrivener 
like a crier at 
e 
should eal. and he should not 
approve of it, nothing can be 
done; and the scrivener alone 

four, on WwW we often 
eady commented in connection 
with the 12 Bhuiyas of } 
For other ex Jes not noticed by 
before, . Yule, Marco 
London, J. Murray, 1874, I. 
Polo 
417, II. 137, 420. 
2 The king of Portugal. 
