South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
 -  The only merchandise for this market is the fine painted
calicos of San Thome, of that kind which, on being - Page 316
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The Only Merchandise For This Market Is The Fine Painted Calicos Of San Thome, Of That Kind Which, On Being Washed, Becomes More Lively In Its Colours.

This is so much in request, that a small bale of it will sell for 1000 or even 2000 ducats.

Also from San Thome they send great store of cotton yarn, dyed red by means of a root called _saia_, which colour never washes out. Every year there goes a great ship from San Thome to Pegu laden with a valuable cargo of these commodities. If this ship depart from San Thome by the 6th of September, the voyage is sure to be prosperous; but if they delay sailing till the 12th, it is a great chance if they are not forced to return; for in these parts the winds blow firmly for certain times, so as to sail for Pegu with the wind astern; and if they arrive not and get to anchor before the wind change, they must perforce return back again, as the wind blows three or four months with great force always one way. If they once get to anchor on the coast, they may save their voyage with great labour. There also goes a large ship from Bengal every year, laden with all kinds of fine cotton cloth, and which usually arrives in the river of Pegu when the ship of San Thome is about to depart. The harbour which these two ships go to is called _Cosmin_. From Malacca there go every year to Martaban, which is a port of Pegu, many ships, both large and small, with pepper, sandal-wood, porcelain of China, camphor, _bruneo_[165], and other commodities.

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