- E.]

[Footnote 69:

By walnuts, I suspect that coca-nuts are meant, and rendered walnuts by some mistaken translation. - E.]

[Footnote 70: There are no lions in India, and tigers are certainly here meant. - E.]

Departing from thence we went to the city of _Cananore_, where the king of Portugal has a strong garrison, though the king of the city is an idolater and no great friend to the Portuguese. At this port many horses are imported from Persia, which pay a high duty. Departing from thence into the inland we came to the city of _Narsinga_[71], which is frequented by many Mahometan merchants. The soil in that country bears no wheat, so that the inhabitants have no bread, neither hath it vines or any other fruits except oranges and gourds, but they have plenty of rice and such walnuts as that country _produces_[72]. It has likewise plenty of spices, as pepper, ginger, mirabolans, cardamum, cassia, and others, also many kinds of fruits unlike ours, and much sweeter. The region is almost inaccessible, _for many dens and ditches made by force_[73]. The king has an army of 50,000 _gentlemen whom they call heroes_[74]. In war they use swords and round targets, also lances, darts, bows, and slings, and are now beginning to use fire arms. These men go almost entirely naked, except when engaged in war. They use no horses, mules, asses, or camels; only employing elephants, which yet do not fight in battle. Great quantities of merchandise are consumed in this city, insomuch that two hundred ships resort thither yearly from various countries[75].

[Footnote 71:

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