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possibly connected with our Baboon. And that the Gat-paul was also some kind of
ape is confirmed by the Spanish Dictionaries. Cobarrubias gives: "Gato-Paus, a
kind of tailed monkey. Gato-paus, Gato pablo; perhaps as they call a monkey
'Martha,' they may have called this particular monkey 'Paul,'" etc. (f. 431 v.). So
also the Diccion. de la Lengua Castellana comp. por la Real Academia (1783) gives:
"Gato Paul, a kind of monkey of a grey colour, black muzzle and very bad tail."
In fact, the word is used by Columbus, who, in his own account of his third voyage,
describes a hill on the coast of Paria as covered with a species of Gatos Paulos. (See
Navarrete, Fr. ed. III. 21, also 147-148.) It also occurs in Marmol, Desc. General
de Africa, who says that one kind of monkeys has a black face; "y estas comune-
mente se llaman en España Gatos Paules, las quales se crian en la tierra de los Negros"
(I. f. 27). It is worth noting that the revisers of the text adopted by Pauthier have
not understood the word. For they substitute for the "Il hi a gat paul si divises qe
ce estoit merwille" of the Geog. Text, "et si a moult de granz paluz et moult grans
pantains à mervilles"—wonderful swamps and marshes! The Pipino Latin has
adhered to the correct reading—"Ibi sunt cati qui dicuntur pauli, valde diversi ab
aliis."
CHAPTER XXIV.
Concerning the Kingdom of Eli.
Eli is a kingdom towards the west, about 300 miles
from Comari. The people are Idolaters and have a
king, and are tributary to nobody; and have a peculiar
language. We will tell you particulars about their
manners and their products, and you will better under-
stand things now because we are drawing near to places
that are not so outlandish.¹
There is no proper harbour in the country, but there
are many great rivers with good estuaries, wide and
deep.² Pepper and ginger grow there, and other spices
in quantities.³ The King is rich in treasure, but not
very strong in forces. The approach to his kingdom
however is so strong by nature that no one can attack
him, so he is afraid of nobody.
And you must know that if any ship enters their
estuary and anchors there, having been bound for some
other port, they seize her and plunder the cargo. For
they say, "You were bound for somewhere else, and 'tis
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