in the straits of
Manaar, between Ceylon and the Coromandel coast, near which the famous
pearl fishery is still carried on.--E.
[4] Evidently Cambaya or Guzerat.--E.
[5] Probably Cassia lignea, or in rolled up bark like twigs, to
distinguish it from the drug called Cassia fistula.--E.
[6] Perhaps the coast of Habesh on the Red Sea.--E.
[7] Probably a typographical error for China.--E.
[8] Alluding to some part of the coast of Arabia.--E.
[9] Perhaps Zedoary, repeated afterwards under its right name.--E.
[10] Same and Zan probably are meant to indicate some of the Indian
islands. Same may be Sumatra. Zan may be some port in Zangibar, on the
eastern coast of Africa.--E.
[11] Samoterra probably alludes to some port in the Bay of Bengal.
Tannazar, almost certainly Tanaserim in Siam. Adde, probably is Adel
or Aden in Arabia.--E.
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