24/36 It was discovered under the reign of Claudius, and gradually became the principal mart of the East.] [Footnote 103: Plin.Hist.Natur.l.vi. xvii.] [Footnote 104: Hist.August.p.224.A silk garment was considered as an ornament to a woman, but as a disgrace to a man.] [Footnote 105: The two great pearl fisheries were the same as at present, Ormuz and Cape Comorin. As well as we can compare ancient with modern geography, Rome was supplied with diamonds from the mine of Jumelpur, in Bengal, which is described in the Voyages de Tavernier, tom.ii.p. 281.] [Footnote 1051: Certainly not the only one. |