18 three times what came from Malaga. The currencies used in all the territories under the authority of the Kingdom of Hormuz are: 1- Lari: a silver coin of the Kingdom of Lar; it looked like woven wires and it held the seal of the Lar Kingdom; 2- Reis: the smallest Portuguese brass coin; 3- Cruzado: a gold Portuguese coin; each Cruzado is equivalent to 400 Reis. 4- Pardo: a gold coin of East India. The visitor to Hormuz gets amazed by it and its people, whose salt comes from the mountain, wood from the sea, and whose bricks that float on water. This is owing to the fact that the mountains of Hormuz are abundant in salt while the wood comes from the mangrove trees which grow in shallow brackish sea beds. As for the building bricks, they are brought from the island of Qishm where the coral is brought up from the bottom of the sea and becomes spongy when dried and as a result they float on the water.
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