[2] The G.T. has nuns, "Li nosnain do mostier." But in Ramusio it is
monks; which is more probable, and I have adopted it.
[3] M. Pauthier has suggested the same explanation in his notes.
[4] Running a-muck in the genuine Malay fashion is not unknown among the
Rajputs; see two notable instances in Tod, II. 45 and 315. [See
Hobson-Jobson.]
[5] See Journ. Asiat. ser. VI. tom. xi. pp. 505 and 512. May not the
dinar of red gold have been the gold mohr of those days, popularly
known as the red tanga, which Ibn Batuta repeatedly tells us was
equal to 2-1/2 dinars of the west. 220 red tangas would be equivalent
to 550 western dinars, or saggi, of Polo. (Elliot, II. 332, III.
582.)
[6] I observe, however, that Sir Walter Elliot thinks it possible that the
Paraya which appears on the oldest of Indian inscriptions as the name
of a nation, coupled with Chola and Kerala (Coromandel and Malabar), is
that of the modern despised tribe. (J. Ethn. Soc. n.s. I. 103.)
CHAPTER XVIII.
DISCOURSING OF THE PLACE WHERE LIETH THE BODY OF ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE;
AND OF THE MIRACLES THEREOF.
[Illustration: Ancient Cross with Pehlevi Inscription on St. Thomas's
Mount, near Madras. (From Photograph.)]
The Body of Messer St. Thomas the Apostle lies in this province of Maabar
at a certain little town having no great population. 'Tis a place where
few traders go, because there is very little merchandize to be got there,
and it is a place not very accessible.[NOTE 1] Both Christians and
Saracens, however, greatly frequent it in pilgrimage.
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