A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century Papyras Classics

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Chapter 23

Ely Ginger

The Ely ginger grows in the mountain Dely as far as Cananor, and is smaller and not so white, nor so good. The bahar in Cananor is worth forty fanoes, and six fanoes duty is paid per bahar, and it is sold without being packed.