5. Κέρατα—Horns. Exported from Barugaza to the marts of Omana and Apologos (36). Müller suspects this reading, thinking it strange that such an article as _horns_ should be mentioned between _wooden beams_ and _logs_. He thinks, therefore, that Κέρατα is either used in some technical sense, or that the reading Κορμῶν or Κορμίων should be substituted—adding that Κορμοὺς ἐβένου, _planks of ebony_, are at all events mentioned by Athênaios (p. 201_a_) where he is quoting Kallixenos of Rhodes. 6. Κοράλλιον—Coral. (Sans. _pravâla_, Hindi _mûngâ_.) Imported into Kanê (28), Barbarikon on the Indus (39), Barugaza (49), and Naoura, Tundis, Mouziris, and Nelkunda (56). 7. Λάκκος χρωμάτινος—Coloured lac. Exported to Adouli from Ariakê (6). The Sanskṛit word is _lâkshâ_, which is probably a later form of _râkshâ_, connected, as Lassen thinks, with _râga_, from the root _raṅj_, to dye. The vulgar form is _lâkkha_. Gum-lac is a substance produced on the leaves and branches of certain trees by an insect, both as a covering for its egg and food for its young. It yields a fine red dye.[4] Salmasius thinks that by λάκκος χρωμάτινος must be understood not lac itself, but vestments dyed therewith. 8. Μαργαρίτης—Pearl. (Sans. _mukta_, Hindi, _motí_.) Exported in considerable quantity and of superior quality from Mouziris and Nelkunda (56). Cf. πινικον. 9. Νημα Σῆρικόν—Silk thread. From the country of the Thînai: imported into Barugaza and the marts of Dimurikê (64). Exported from Barugaza (49), and also from Barbarikon on the Indus (39).” It is called μέταξα by Procopius and all the later writers, as well as by the _Digest_, and was known without either name to Pliny”—Vincent. 10. Πινίκιος κόγχος—the Pearl-oyster. (Sans. _śukti_.) Fished for at the entrance to the Persian Gulf (35). Pearl πίνικον inferior to the Indian sort exported in great quantity from the marts of Apologos and Omana (36). A pearl fishery (Πινικοῦ κολύμβησις) in the neighbourhood of Kolkhoi, in the kingdom of Pandiôn, near the island of Epiodôros; the produce transported to Argalou, in the interior of the country, where muslin robes with pearl inwoven (μαργαρίτιδες σινδόνες) were fabricated (59). The reading of the MS. is σινδόνες, ἐβαργαρείτιδες λεγόμεναι, for which Salmasius proposed to read μαργαριτιδες. Müller suggests instead αἱ Ἀργαρίτιδες, as if the muslin bore the name of the place _Argarou_ or _Argulou_, where it was made. Pearl is also obtained in Taprobanê (61); is imported into the emporium on the Ganges called Gangê (63). 11. Πορφύρα—Purple. Of a common as well as of a superior quality, imported from Egypt into Mouza (24) and Kanê (28), and from the marts of Apologos and Omana into Barugaza (36). 12. Ῥἱνόκερως—Rhinoceros (Sans. _khadgaḍ_)—the horn or the teeth, and probably the skin. Exported from Adouli (16), and the marts of Azania (7). Bruce found the hunting of the rhinoceros still a trade in Abyssinia.