South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
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emunctories, found near the genitals on the males of an animal named - Page 336
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The Cods Of Musk Are Natural Bags Or Emunctories, Found Near The Genitals On The Males Of An Animal Named _Moschus Moschiferus_, Or Thibet Musk.

It is found through the whole of Central Asia, except its most northern parts, but the best musk comes from Thibet.

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"The Jewes doe counterfeit and take out the halfe of the goode muske, beating it up with an equal quantity of the flesh of an asse, and put this mixture in the bag or purse, which they sell for true muske." - _Hackluyt_.]

I know not whereof amber is made[173], and there are divers opinions respecting it; but this much is certain, that it is cast out from the sea, and is found on the shores and banks left dry by the recess of the tides. Rubies, sapphires, and spinells are got in Pegu. Diamonds come from different places, and I know but three kinds of them. The kind which is called _Chiappe_ comes from _Bezeneger_, Bijanagur? Those that are naturally pointed come from the land of Delly and the island of Java, but those of Java are heavier than the others. I could never learn whence the precious stones called _Balassi_ are procured. Pearls are fished for in different places, as has been already mentioned. The substance called Spodium, which is found concreted in certain canes, is procured in _Cambaza_, Cambaya? Of this concrete I found many pieces in Pegu, when building myself a house there, as in that country they construct their houses of canes woven together like mats or basket-work, as formerly related.

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