_ 230 _ them what responsibility the merchant, travelling with his goods, had for what someone else had done to them. Finally, as a result of soft words and three fine striped turbans they gave them, which were worth at least six cruzados, they set him free. He claimed that he was totally innocent in this case, and swore that he knew nothing about any such matter. It seemed from this that this was another trick they had invented to carry out this other evil deed. At almost midday we left there, and in the afternoon we came to another small village, like the ones before, and with the same people, which is called Catu, very cool with gardens, vineyards and orchards, where we had very white bread made from very good flour, better than earlier on the journey, seven or eight loaves for a damasim, made like cakes, as are all loaves in Persia, cockerels for half a damasim, chickens for one, a large bunch of grapes for one more, a sheep with a very fine tail for ten damasins, a large goat for six, sixty very fine peaches for one, a dozen pomegranates for half, a large number of white figs for another half, and everything by weight for things are sold in this manner throughout Persia; twenty or thirty eggs one damasim, and these were the prices for the greater part of the journey.
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