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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898

CHAPTER V
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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].
From Cambay, they bring the finest incense that those districts furnish.

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.
From Timor, white sandal wood, which grows in no other part, while they bring the red from Santo Tome.
From Borney they bring camphor, which is the best which is usually found.

It passes in its own kingdom weight for weight with silver.


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