Travels in India (Tavernier) 75.3

75.3

One can get it for the equivalent in money of 28 or 30 reals cash, but to purchase it in that way would be much more costly than the Dutch method. As for large pepper, without going beyond the territories of the Great Mogul there is enough to be obtained in the Kingdom of Gujarāt, and it is generally sold at the rate of from 12 to 15 mahmūdis the maund. The wood of long pepper costs but four mahmūdis. Nutmeg, mace, clove, and cinnamon are the only spices which the Dutch have in their own hands. The three first come from the Molucca Islands, and the fourth, i.e. cinnamon, comes from the island of Ceylon.