[2] The enumeration is Vincent’s, altered and abridged. [3] The numerals indicate the sections of the _Periplûs_ in which the articles are mentioned. [4] Bhagvânlâl Indraji Pâṇḍit points out that the colour is called _alaktaka_, Prakrit _alito_: it is used by women for dying the nails and feet,—also as a dye. The _gulalî_ or pill-like balls used by women are made with arrowroot coloured with _alito_, and cotton dipped in it is sold in the bazars under the name of _pothi_, and used for the same purposes. He has also contributed many of the Sanskṛit names, and some notes. [5] Sans. _Guggula_, Guj. _Gûgal_, used as a tonic and for skin and urinary diseases.—B. I. P. [6] Mahuwâ oil (Guj. _doliuṅ_, Sans. _madhuka_) is much exported from Bharoch.—B. I. P. [7] May not some of these be the fragrant root of the kusâ, grass, _Andropogon calamus_—_aromaticus_?—J. B. [8] A similar gum is obtained from the _Pâlâśa_ (Guj. _khâkhara_), the _Dhâka_ of Râjputâna.—B. I. P. [9] What the Brâhmans call _kuṇḍaru_ is the gum of a tree called the _Dhûpa-salai_; another sort of it, from Arabia, they call _Isêsa_, and in Kâṭhiâvâḍ it is known as _Sesagundar_.—B. I. P. [10] More likely from Nepâl, where it is called _tejapât_.—B. I. P. [11] Obtained from the root of _Nardostachys jatamansi_, a native of the eastern Himâlayas.—J. B. [12] It is brought now from the Eastern Archipelago.—B. I. P. [13] In early times it was obtained chiefly from _Styrax officinalis_, a native of the same region.—J. B. [14] Nero gave for one 300 talents = £58,125. They were first seen at Rome in the triumphal procession of Pompey. [May these not have been of emerald, or even ruby?—J. B.] [15] Possibly the Lapis Lazuli is meant.—J. B. [16] There was another Arsinoe between Ras Dh’ib and Ras Shukhair, lat. 28° 3´ N. The few geographical indications added by Mr. Burgess to these comments as they passed through the press are enclosed in brackets. [] [17] Bruce, _Travels_, vol. III., p. 62.—J. B. [18] From the Tamil _ariśi_, rice deprived of the husk.—_Caldwell._ [19] Meaning _white village_. [20] “This” (Mons Pulcher) says Major-General Miles, “is Jebel Lahrim or Shaum, the loftiest and most conspicuous peak on the whole cape (Mussendom), being nearly 7,000 feet high.”—_Jour. R. As. Soc._ (N.S.) vol. X. p. 168.—ED.