85 The king allows this and the duellers indicate the day when the duel is to be fought and the weapons they may use, which must be measured and of the same length for each of them; the king gives them patrons and the field, and once this has been done, they go naked except for small loin-cloths covering them below the waist and show great joy. They begin with a prayer and then start to injure each other. As they are naked, theyfinish each other off with just a few small blows, in the presence of the king and the entire court, and nobody can speak to them during thefight except for the patrons who stand close to each of them. This is so common among them, that they kill each other every day. They used to pay tributes to Our Lord and King here, but stopped paying them a short time ago, instead they now do us as much harm as they can. This village stands on a flat piece of land, it has a large population and is well laid out, but does not have any walls. It is surrounded by good vegetable gardens; charming orchards andfine waters. The pardao, which is the gold coin of the kingdom, circulates here and is worth three hundred and twenty reais; for heavy weights, they use bahars, which are equal to four quintals, as I have already mentioned. In addition to the merchandise which I referred to previously, a lot of copper is traded and used here. They take it inland to be made into coins and kettles and other pots that the local people use. They sell lots of quicksilver; vermillion; coral; alum, and ivory which is worth a great deal here. Majandur Heading further along the coast towards Malabar, one comes to another small river where a fine place called Majandur stands. It belongs to Bhatkal and a provides a plentiful harvest of good quality rice. It supplies almost all the rice loaded in Bhatkal and they sow it in the valleys andflood-plains surrounding this village, because it is sown
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