179 many horses (sic) [birds] of prey, and when they go hunting they take their wives and children in horse-carts, with very nicely carved divans in them. Their women are very pale and have very nicefigures; their faces are broad and rather ugly. They are wonderful muscians; needlewomen, and skillful and kind in everything they [do]. Lesser Java Beyond these islands of Lesser Java (sic) [Greater], lies another very large; plentiful, and fertile island, abundant in all kinds of provisions and inhabited by gentiles, whose king is also gentile. They call this island Sumbawa and the Arab and Persian Mouros call it Lesser Java. Beyond this island is another small one called Ocape which is always burning in the middle. It is inhabited by gentiles who ride on horseback, they are fine hunters. The women wear suruces, they are great livestock breeders. The Island of Timor Heading further on beyond these islands of Lesser and Greater Java, there are many other big and small islands lying in her sea. They are inhabited by gentiles and some Mouros, including one called Timor, which has its own king and language. There are many white sandalwoods on this island, which are highly valued in India and Persia, where a large amount is used, and they are also valuable in Malabar, Vijayanagara and Cambay. Ships from Malacca and Java come here to take it and in return bring axes; hatchets; cleavers; swords; Cambay and Pulicat cloths; porcelains; coloured beads; tin; quicksilver; lead and other merchandise, for which they take cargoes of the said sandalwood; honey; beeswax; slaves, and some pepper which grows here.
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