_ 29 _ In the same year (1563) A copy of a letter from Pero da Cruz came to the brothers in the Society of Jesus in Evora, Goa, on the 23rd of November 1563, mentioning the Comoros Islands:(6) Paras. No: 24-26 24. On the third day after leaving we could see the islands of Comoro, which is the highest land I have ever seen in my life. They say that they are inhabited by some Mulatto(A) people and that they carry on trade with the Moors of Mecca, Persia and Arabia. This land can be seen above the clouds, and when one is distant from it one would (A) The islands of Comoro, excluding the smaller ones, are four in number, and one of them called Comoro is larger than (Angasija]: today they are under French control. The inhabitants, who 30 years ago numbered 130,000, are mixed, negroes, Malagasies, Persians, Arabs, etc. (6) Document no. and reference.
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