[249] Benzoin (Gum-Benjamin) is the produce of Styrax Benzoin, found in Siam, Cochin-China, Java and Sumatra, that of Siam being accounted the best. [250] The odoriferous aloe-wood of the author is the wood of _Aquilaria Agallocha (Roxb.)_, found in Further India, and more especially in Chamba. Its Sanscrit name, Aguru, was corrupted into Agila and Aquila; and hence its Latin and Portuguese name of “Eaglewood.” (Yule’s _Marco Polo_, ii, p. 215.) [251] Prof. Kopke identifies Tenacar with Tenasserim, a great emporium at one time, through which the products of Siam reached the outer world. [252] Brazil-wood first became known in Europe at the beginning of the fourteenth century under the designation of _Lignum presillum_. The most esteemed kind of this dye-wood is known as Sapan wood (_Caesalpinia sappan_), found more especially in Siam. [253] This is no doubt Bengal, the capital of which was Chatigam (Chittagong). [254] Cloves were originally found only in the Moluccas; the true nutmeg (_Myristica moschata_) comes from the same islands and those further to the east. Tin was—and still is—a native product. The silk and porcelain came from China. [255] The frazila was equal to 10.51 kilo., the bahar was 210.22 kilo. The cruzado was a silver coin and was valued at 360 reis (8_s._ 8_d._). [256] Barbosa (p. 186) gives a better account of musk, which really only reaches Pegu from the interior. It is the secretion of _Moschus moschiferus_, an animal resembling a deer, which lives in the mountains lying between the Amur river, China and India. The male has a pouch between the navel and the genitals which holds about 50 grammes of this secretion. [257] Burma, above Pegu, is still famous for its rubies. [258] This is evidently a duplicate account of what has been said above about Bemgala. [259] Prof. Kopke would identify this with Timor, where there is a fort called Camanaça. This, however, is quite inadmissible, for there are no elephants in Timor. I am more inclined to think that “Conimata” stands for Sumatra, a small state in North Sumatra, adjoining Pedir. The voyage to Pater and Conimata is stated to occupy the same time, viz., fifty days. If this be so, there is a duplication of Sumatra as well as of Bengal. [260] This seems to be Pedir, a small kingdom in Northern Sumatra, which had a pagan king when Varthema was there, although many of the inhabitants were Mohammedans. Rhubarb (_Rheum officinale_) is, however, only to be found in W. and N.W. China and in Tibet. The lacca tree is a native of Sumatra. [261] Say £966. [262] In calculating these values we have assumed the quintal to be equivalent to 100 pounds, the bahar = 460 pounds, the ratel = 1 pound. The cruzado is taken at 9_s._ 8_d._