South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
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found all sorts of precious stones, especially that called _Eranon_,
which defends men against witchcraft, madness, and fearfulness - Page 131
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Here Are Found All Sorts Of Precious Stones, Especially That Called _Eranon_, Which Defends Men Against Witchcraft, Madness, And Fearfulness Proceeding From Melancholy.

It is the stone commonly called _Turquoise_, which is brought in great abundance from a city named _Balascam_, where also great plenty of _Castoreum_ is procured and various kinds of colours.

The reason why so very little true _Castoreum_ is found among us is because it is adulterated by the Persians before it comes to our hands[57]. The way to prove true castoreum is by smelling, and if genuine and unadulterated it makes the nose bleed, as I saw proved on four persons in succession. When genuine and unadulterated, _castoreum_ will preserve its flavour for ten years. The Persians are a courteous and gentle people, liberal and generous towards each other, and kind to strangers, as I found by experience. While here, I met with a Persian merchant to whom I was known in the year before when at Mecca. This man was born in the city of _Eri_ in Chorozani, and as soon as he saw me he knew me again, and asked by what fortune I had come into that country. To this I answered, "that I had come thither from a great desire to see the world." "Praised be God, said he, that I have now found a companion of the same mind with myself." He exhorted me not to depart from him, and that I should accompany him in his journeys, as he meant to go through the chief parts of the world.

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