But at a later date a point between Mt. d'Ely and Mangalore on
the north, and Kaulam on the south, were the limits usually assigned to
Malabar.
NOTE 2. - "Il font eschiel en la mer" (G.T.). Eschiel is the
equivalent of the Italian schera or schiera, a troop or squadron, and
thence applied to order of battle, whether by land or sea.
NOTE 3. - The northern part of Malabar, Canara, and the Konkan, have been
nests of pirates from the time of the ancients to a very recent date.
Padre Paolino specifies the vicinity of Mt. d'Ely as a special haunt of
them in his day, the latter half of last century. Somewhat further north
Ibn Batuta fell into their hands, and was stripped to his drawers.
NOTE 4. - There is something to be said about these Malabar spices. The
cinnamon of Malabar is what we call cassia, the canella grossa of Conti,
the canela brava of the Portuguese. Notices of it will be found in
Rheede (I. 107) and in Garcia (f. 26 seqq.). The latter says the
Ceylon cinnamon exceeded it in value as 4:1. Uzzano discriminates
canella lunga, Salami, and Mabari. The Salami, I have no doubt, is
Sailani, Ceylonese; and as we do not hear of any cassia from Mabar,
probably the last was Malabar cinnamon.
