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0419 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
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CHAP. XX.   TIZE BRAIIMANS

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tale is quoted contemptuously by Garcias from one Francisco de Tamarra. And Haxthausen found it as a popular legend in Armenia. (S. Epiph. de XIII. Gemmis, ete., Romae, 1743 ; Jaubert, Edrisi, I. 500 ; J. A. S. B. XIII. 657 ; Lane's Ar. Nis hts, ed. 1859, III. 88 ; RJzu. 1~ ouv. 1lZZl. Asiat. L 183 ; Raineri, Fior di Pensieri di Ahnzed Tezfascite, pp. 13 and 30 ; Tzetzes, Chil. XI. 376 ; India in X lath Cent. pp. 29-30 ; J. C. Scal. de Subtilitate, CXIII. No. 3 ; An. des Voyages, VIII. 195 Garcias, p. 71 ; Transcaucasia, p. 360 ; J. A. S. B. I. 354.)

The story has a considerable resemblance to that which Herodotus tells of the way in which cinnamon was got by the Arabs (III. III ). No doubt the two are ramifications of the same legend.

NOTE 3.—Mere buckram is clearly applied to fine cotton stuffs. The districts about Masulipatam were long famous both for muslins and for coloured chintzes. The fine muslins of Masalia are mentioned in the Periplus. Indeed even in the time of Sakya Muni Kalinga was already famous for diaphanous muslins, as may be seen in a story related in the Buddhist Annals. (J. A. S. B. VI. Io86. )

CHAPTER XX.

CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF LAR WHENCE THE BRAHMINS COME.

LAP. is a Province lying towards the west when you quit

the place where the Body of St. Thomas lies ; and all the

Abraiaman in the. world come from that province.'

You must know that these Abraiaman are the best

merchants in the world, and the most truthful, for they

would not tell a lie for anything on earth. [If a foreign

merchant who does not know the ways of the country

applies to them and entrusts his goods to them, they

will take charge of these, and sell them in the most loyal

manner, seeking zealously the profit of the foreigner and

asking no commission except what he pleases to bestów.]

They eat no flesh, and drink no wine, and live a life of

great chastity, having intercourse with no women except

with their wives ; nor would they on any account take

what belongs to another ; so their law commands. And

they are all distinguished by wearing a thread of cotton

over one shoulder and tied under the other arm, so that it

crosses the breast and the back.

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