South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
 -  The merchandises in Pegu are, gold, silver, rubies, sapphires,
spinels, musk, benzoin, frankincense, long pepper, tin, lead, copper,
_lacca_, of - Page 801
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The Merchandises In Pegu Are, Gold, Silver, Rubies, Sapphires, Spinels, Musk, Benzoin, Frankincense, Long Pepper, Tin, Lead, Copper, _Lacca_, Of Which Hard Sealing-Wax Is Made, Rice, Wine Made Of Rice, [_Aruck_,] And Some Sugar.

The elephants eat sugar canes in great quantities, or otherwise they might make abundance of sugar.

They consume many canes likewise[425], in making their _varellas_ or idol temples, of which there are a prodigious multitude, both large and small. These are made round like a sugar loaf, some being as high as a church, and very broad beneath, some being a quarter of a mile in compass. Within these are all of earth, faced round with stone. In these _varellas_ they consume a vast quantity of gold, as they are all gilded aloft, and some from top to bottom; and they must be newly gilded every ten or twelve years, because the rain washes off the gold, as they all stand exposed to the weather. Were it not for the prodigious quantities of gold consumed in this manner, it would be very plentiful and cheap in Pegu. About two days journey from Pegu there is a _varella_ or pagoda called _dogonne_, of wonderful bigness, gilded all over from top to bottom, to which the inhabitants of Pegu go in pilgrimage; and near it is a house where their talapoins or priests preach to the people. This house is fifty five paces long, and hath three _pawnes_ or covered walks in it, the roof being supported by forty great gilded pillars, which stand between the walks.

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