36/69 They carry another kind of black wood from which the Chinese make certain little sticks one cuarto [_i.e._, one-fourth vara ?] long with which they eat. This kingdom has nothing else [to trade]. It is worth three taes per pico. They bring it from Far, which is Arabia the Blest [_la Felice_], and also from the island of Samatra, which the Portuguese call by another name Dachen. It passes in its own kingdom weight for weight with silver. |