The first is that the name owes its origin to the great quantity of gold that is found in the land.

Indeed, in this respect Zu-Vendis is a veritable Eldorado, the precious metal being extraordinarily plentiful.

At present it is collected from purely alluvial diggings, which we subsequently inspected, and which are situated within a day's journey from Milosis, being mostly found in pockets and in nuggets weighing from an ounce up to six or seven pounds in weight.

But other diggings of a similar nature are known to exist, and I have besides seen great veins of gold-bearing quartz.

In Zu-Vendis gold is a much commoner metal than silver, and thus it has curiously enough come to pass that silver is the legal tender of the country.
The second reason given is, that at certain times of the year the native grasses of the country, which are very sweet and good, turn as yellow as ripe corn; and the third arises from a tradition that the people were originally yellow skinned, but grew white after living for many generations upon these high lands.