65 cardamom and many other goods, I mean spices. A great deal of profit is made from this journey and business, in a short space of time. Diu Leaving Mangalore and Surat and heading along the coast, one comes to a spit of land sticking out into the sea on which there is a large town that the Malabars call Devixo whilst the Mouros call the same place Diu. It is located on a small island, very close to the mainland, and it has an excellent harbour which is a stopover for many ships. It has a great deal of trade and shipping coming from Malabar; Bhatkal; Goa, and Chaul, and Dabhol; they also sail from here to Mecca; Aden; Zayla; Berbara; Mogadishu; Malindi; Barawa; Mombasa; Hormuz and to all over the kingdom. The goods the Malabars bring are: lots of coconuts; areca nuts; jagra; emery; beeswax; iron, and sugar. From Bhatkal, pepper; ginger; cloves; cinnamon; mace; nutmeg; sandalwood; Brazil wood; chilies, in addition to all the silks and other goods that come from Malacca and China; large quantities of muslins and linens are brought from Chaul and Dabhol, and are taken from here to Arabia; Persia. The merchants that bring these goods here return with many silks, local cotton, and many horses; wheat; sesame; its oil; cotton, and opium. Neither that which comes fromAden nor that which is made in Cambay is asfine as this one. They also take many ordinary silk camlets that are made here in Cambay and which are very cheap; they also bring some very thick carpets from India; taffetas; scarlets, and other coloured cloths; a lot of spices and other things. The local people take them to Mecca; Aden; Hormuz, and other parts of Arabia [and] Persia, making this the biggest trading place there is at the moment in all these parts. The amount of money made from all these enormous quantities of rich merchandise loaded and unloaded here is amazing, because from Mecca and Aden
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