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of great trade. A tidal bore is causing the gulf to silt 

 up, and trade has now left the place. 

 The Kings of Guzerat formerly had their residence at 

 Cambay. The most famous of these Kings undoubted- 

 ly was Sultan Mahmud Bizarha, of whom there are 

 lurid accounts in Purchas and Ludovic's de Varthema. 

 He is thus immortalized by Butler : — 



The Prince of Cambay's daily food 

 Is asp, and basilisk and toad, 

 Which makes him have so strong a breath 

 Each night he stinks a queen to death. 



Hudibras Part II. Canto I. 



Cancam — Konkan (The Konkan). See Deccan. 



Carica — I cannot locate this place. 



Cassamba— Kusumbha (Sanskrit). Both saffron (crocus sativus) 

 The bastard saffron, or safflower (Cartliamus tinctori- 

 us) is known by this name. From its flowers a red dye 

 is made. 



Casincotta : — Cassimcotta. I cannot find this name in any 

 Gazetteer. Apparently some compound of the name 

 Kassim. 



Cattaganga — I cannot locate this river. 



Cattaya— Cathay, China. See the article "Cathay" in Yule 

 and Burnell. 



Chulia. — A name applied to Muhammadans from the Madras 

 Presidency. The origin of the word is obscure, and its 

 application vague. It is not certain whether it is ap- 

 plied to all Muhammadans of Madras, or whether it ap- 

 plied to the Malabaris, or whether it applied to any parti- 

 cular class of Muhammadans. In old accounts of the 

 Colony the name was frequently used, generally in 

 connection with the word " Kling." The term is no 

 longer used, but a Chulia Street still exists in Penang. 



Comboja Gum — Gamboge. See the article in Crawfurd. 



Corromandell — The Coromandel coast was a term applied in old 

 histories and official correspondence to the east coast 



Jour. Straits Branch 





