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Cfckitt. But the HelUndirs have deflroy d all thofe places, fo that the Cinna- 



mon is now in their hands. When the Portugal* had tliat Coaft, the Englifb 

 bought their Cinna mon]of them,and ufually paid for it by theMein fifty Mamoudi's. 



Drugs that are brought to Surat, and brought from other Countries, with 

 the price of every one by the Mein. 



Sale Armoniack , 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 wafh'd, ten Mamoudi's. 



Gum- Lack in flicks of Wax, forty Mamoudi's. 



There are fbme of tbefe Sticks that coft fifty or fixty Mamoudi's the Mein^ 

 and more when they mix Musk in the Gum. 



Saffron of Surat t which is good for nothing but for colouring, four Mamoudi's 



a n d a naif. 



Cumin White, eight Mamoudi'$\ 



Cumin Black, three Mamoudi's. 



Arlet fmall, three Mamoudi's. 



Frankincenfe, that comes from the Coaft of Arabia, three Mamoudi's. 



Myrrh, that which is good, call'd Mirra Gilet, thirty Mamoudi's. 



Myrrh Bolti, which comes from Arabia, fifteen Mamoudi's; 



Caflia, two Mamoudi's. 



Sugar Candy, eighteen Mamoudi's. 



Afutinat, a fort of Grain, very hot, one Mamoudi. 



Annjfe-Seed Grofs, three Mamoudi's and a half. 



Anmfe-Seed fmall and hot, one Mamoudi and a half. 



Oopelote, a Hoot, fourteen Mamoudi's. . ; 



Cor ntre, five Mamoudi's. 



Auzerout, from PerRa, a hundred and twenty Mamoudi's. . \ 



Aloes Succotrine, from Arabia, twenty eight Mamoudi's. 



Licorice, four Mamoudi's. 



Lignum Aloes, in great pieces., two hundred Mamoudi's. 



Lignum Aloe?, in fmall pieces, four hundred Mamoudi's. 



riz,-c.ilonli, a certain Root, twelve Mamoudi's. 



There is a fort of Lignum Aloes very Gummy, which comes to, by tHc 

 Mein, four thoufand Mamoudi's. 



Gum-Lake for the molt part comes from Pegu ; yet there is fome alfo brought 

 from Berrg4la s where it is very dear, by reafon the Natives fetch that lively Scar- 

 let colour out of it, with which they paint their Calicuts. Neverthelefs, 

 the Hollanders buy it, and carry it into Per(u for the fame ufe of painting. 

 That 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 Pilinires foul it, as in BcngiU, where it grows in a heathy place, full of 

 Shrubs, where thole Animals cannot fo well come at it. The Inhabitants of 

 Pegu never make any ufc of it in painting, being a dull fort of people, that are 

 in nothing at all induitrious. . 



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 p/eafe, 

 and make it up into Sticks for fealing Wax. The Englijh and Holland Company 

 carry away every year a hundred and fifty Cherts. The price is about ten Sous 



the pound. ,r- j r v 



Powder'd Sugar is brought in great quantities out of the Kingdom ot Ben- 

 uU j it caufes alio a very great Trade at Ougeli, Patna, Vaca, and other places, 

 I have been told it for a very great certainty, by feveral ancient people in 

 Rengala, that Sugar being kept thirty years becomes abfolute poifon, and that 

 there is no Venome moredangerous, or that'fooner works its efteft. Loaf-Sugar 



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