_ 191 _ One of the two naus of Mamale of Cannanore, which had false passes for Ormuz issued by the captain contrary to my orders, entered Diu, the other Chaul. On the river with these naus was a junk from Pegu which was carrying lacquer, ivory, rice, musk and some precious stones. With the return of this weather, it took shelter in Mahim. I left the Straits and hurried along the coast but those on the junk and the nau that were in Mahim, I did not want to be informed having just consigned this problem to the enterprise of Cambay. By our agreement, I came to Chaul and Danda, where they handed the nau over to me, with all the spices and artillery and I left a carpenter in Chaul with Fernão de Resende building two caravels with lateen sails. Summary of pp. 181-188 At present, Calicut transports its spices as follows: As there are few important merchants from Calicut itself, trade is carried on by those from North Africa. They travel with their goods between the months of August and February via Cairo and Jidda to Calicut, where they have new ships built. These they load with spices and depart.
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