6 Remarks on the Sequel to the [Jan. 



nomination, the three sorts of that masticatory are brought into India 

 by those who prepare them. 



" All the regions beyond this [towards the north] are unexplored, 

 either on account of the severity of the winter, the continuance of the 

 frost, or the difficulties of the country ; perhaps also the will of the 

 gods has fixed these limits to the curiosity of man."* 



Such is Arrian's description of the northern part of the Bay of Ben- 

 gal, and of the countries of the farther East. He professes to trace 

 the course of the navigation from Masulipatam eastward, but is so vague 

 and obscure in his narrative as to lead us to conclude that he never 

 visited this part of India. He delineates a line of coast from Desarene 

 to the Ganges which is entirely imaginary, and places on it people that 

 may be recognized by their names, as tribes which are referred by the 

 Hindoos to the interior of the country. In geographical accuracy, the 

 Sequel is certainly inferior to the first portion of the Periplus, wherein 

 the places on the western coast of India visited by Arrian himself are 

 described, but in other respects it may be considered as equally correct, 

 since most of the countries, tribes, productions, and customs that are 

 mentioned in it, admit of being identified in the present day. 



Masalia is evidently the Mcesolia of Ptolemy, the site of which is 

 referred by D'Anville to that of Masulipatam or Masalipatam, as it is 

 written in some books of travels. Masulipatam has long been celebra- 

 ted for its cotton fabrics. Tavernier mentions as the peculiar manufac- 

 ture of this place, "painted calicuts" or pencilled cloths, "called 

 Calmendar,"-j~ the finest qualities of which were perhaps the sindones 

 (translated muslins) which are here alluded to by Arrian. He also 

 speaks of Masulipatam as possessing the best anchorage in the Bay 

 of Bengal, and as being the principal port on the Coromandel coast, 

 from which vessels sailed to Pegu, Siam, Arracan, Bengal, Cochin 

 China, Ormus, Madagascar, Sumatra, and Manilla. J A city called 

 Tarnassari,§ which stood in the vicinity of Masulipatam, is mentioned 



* Vincent's Periplus of Erythrean Sea, vol. II. page 523 — 528. 



f Tavernier 's Travels in India, Book I. Part II. Chap. XI. 



% Ibid. Book II. Chap. X. 



§ Tarnassari, which Dr. Vincent mentions, he could not find in modern maps, 

 but the site of which, he supposes, may have been between Pulechat and Bengal, is 

 laid down in a map attached to Sir Thomas Herbert's Travels (p. 336) on the bank* 



