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Fish, as depicted, are large and small. The small ones are dried in the sun without salt and sold by weight in the markets. The large ones are salted like dried cod, but less salt is used, and they are dried for sale. It has an unbearable stench, and is sold for 15 to 20 rupees, or 1.5 pounds when well salted by Christians or Europeans. It is good in this country, but fresh fish cannot be kept for more than 6 or 7 hours without spoiling. At the mouth of the Ganges, large oysters are fished and used to make lime. Oysters are good in stews. Lime is made from a shell called jonquera, which is as long as a finger and pyramid-shaped. Turtles are caught, but their flesh is not good and very oily. Lime is also made from a white mollusc used for betel and for whitewashing houses. From the foot of the fathoms to Balasore, 12 leagues away, fish are caught in the sea in November, December, January and February. On land, on the banks, they stretch their low-tide nets with 4-foot-high stakes in the ground. They attach their nets to these stakes (margin: these nets form an enclosure) when the sea rises 12 feet during high tides. The fish are then found on the shore, where they are caught with nets before the sea recedes. They often catch many different kinds of fish. In Balasore, there are a few shells of different shapes but not in large quantities. There are a few rivers that flow into the Balasore harbour where there are oysters but not in large quantities. In the Ganges, the fishermen's boats are flat, very long and pointed at both ends. called dingue, which can carry a barrel or two at most. The boats used for fishing in the backwaters and in Balasore are called patia. They are shaped like a long chest with raised ends and a large rudder attached to the stern. The boats are very resistant to the sea and waves and can pass over all the breakers. They are about two feet wide, and pilots often board them to reach ships in the harbour because the ships' boats cannot leave the river. There are usually five men in each boat when they go fishing at sea. They have nets that are 80 to 100 fathoms long. The top of the net is lined with calabashes and the bottom of the net is lined with terracotta balls. They stretch the net out on the sea or in the river, let it drift a certain distance with the current or the tide, then pull the net back into the boat where they find their fish attached to the net. There is another type of net called a speduie, which a man throws onto the surface of the water. It has weights at the bottom and tightens to catch the fish it finds. There is another type of net that is made in a fairly large triangle shape, which is placed on a boat stretched out with two poles, then lowered into the water and lifted up again with a counterweight. Small fish are caught with this net. There is yet another net that is dragged behind a

Fish, as depicted, are large and small. The small ones are dried in the sun without salt and sold by weight in the markets. The large ones are salted like dried cod, but less salt is used, and they are dried for sale. It has an unbearable stench, and is sold for 15 to 20 rupees, or 1.5 pounds when well salted by Christians or Europeans. It is good in this country, but fresh fish cannot be kept for more than 6 or 7 hours without spoiling. At the mouth of the Ganges, large oysters are fished and used to make lime. Oysters are good in stews. Lime is made from a shell called jonquera, which is as long as a finger and pyramid-shaped. Turtles are caught, but their flesh is not good and very oily. Lime is also made from a white mollusc used for betel and for whitewashing houses. From the foot of the fathoms to Balasore, 12 leagues away, fish are caught in the sea in November, December, January and February. On land, on the banks, they stretch their low-tide nets with 4-foot-high stakes in the ground. They attach their nets to these stakes (margin: these nets form an enclosure) when the sea rises 12 feet during high tides. The fish are then found on the shore, where they are caught with nets before the sea recedes. They often catch many different kinds of fish. In Balasore, there are a few shells of different shapes but not in large quantities. There are a few rivers that flow into the Balasore harbour where there are oysters but not in large quantities. In the Ganges, the fishermen's boats are flat, very long and pointed at both ends. called dingue, which can carry a barrel or two at most. The boats used for fishing in the backwaters and in Balasore are called patia. They are shaped like a long chest with raised ends and a large rudder attached to the stern. The boats are very resistant to the sea and waves and can pass over all the breakers. They are about two feet wide, and pilots often board them to reach ships in the harbour because the ships' boats cannot leave the river. There are usually five men in each boat when they go fishing at sea. They have nets that are 80 to 100 fathoms long. The top of the net is lined with calabashes and the bottom of the net is lined with terracotta balls. They stretch the net out on the sea or in the river, let it drift a certain distance with the current or the tide, then pull the net back into the boat where they find their fish attached to the net. There is another type of net called a speduie, which a man throws onto the surface of the water. It has weights at the bottom and tightens to catch the fish it finds. There is another type of net that is made in a fairly large triangle shape, which is placed on a boat stretched out with two poles, then lowered into the water and lifted up again with a counterweight. Small fish are caught with this net. There is yet another net that is dragged behind a

Fish, as depicted, are large and small. The small ones are dried in the sun without salt and sold by weight in the markets. The large ones are salted like dried cod, but less salt is used, and they are dried for sale. It has an unbearable stench, and is sold for 15 to 20 rupees, or 1.5 pounds when well salted by Christians or Europeans. It is good in this country, but fresh fish cannot be kept for more than 6 or 7 hours without spoiling. At the mouth of the Ganges, large oysters are fished and used to make lime. Oysters are good in stews. Lime is made from a shell called jonquera, which is as long as a finger and pyramid-shaped. Turtles are caught, but their flesh is not good and very oily. Lime is also made from a white mollusc used for betel and for whitewashing houses. From the foot of the fathoms to Balasore, 12 leagues away, fish are caught in the sea in November, December, January and February. On land, on the banks, they stretch their low-tide nets with 4-foot-high stakes in the ground. They attach their nets to these stakes (margin: these nets form an enclosure) when the sea rises 12 feet during high tides. The fish are then found on the shore, where they are caught with nets before the sea recedes. They often catch many different kinds of fish. In Balasore, there are a few shells of different shapes but not in large quantities. There are a few rivers that flow into the Balasore harbour where there are oysters but not in large quantities. In the Ganges, the fishermen's boats are flat, very long and pointed at both ends. called dingue, which can carry a barrel or two at most. The boats used for fishing in the backwaters and in Balasore are called patia. They are shaped like a long chest with raised ends and a large rudder attached to the stern. The boats are very resistant to the sea and waves and can pass over all the breakers. They are about two feet wide, and pilots often board them to reach ships in the harbour because the ships' boats cannot leave the river. There are usually five men in each boat when they go fishing at sea. They have nets that are 80 to 100 fathoms long. The top of the net is lined with calabashes and the bottom of the net is lined with terracotta balls. They stretch the net out on the sea or in the river, let it drift a certain distance with the current or the tide, then pull the net back into the boat where they find their fish attached to the net. There is another type of net called a speduie, which a man throws onto the surface of the water. It has weights at the bottom and tightens to catch the fish it finds. There is another type of net that is made in a fairly large triangle shape, which is placed on a boat stretched out with two poles, then lowered into the water and lifted up again with a counterweight. Small fish are caught with this net. There is yet another net that is dragged behind a

Fish, as depicted, are large and small. The small ones are dried in the sun without salt and sold by weight in the markets. The large ones are salted like dried cod, but less salt is used, and they are dried for sale. It has an unbearable stench, and is sold for 15 to 20 rupees, or 1.5 pounds when well salted by Christians or Europeans. It is good in this country, but fresh fish cannot be kept for more than 6 or 7 hours without spoiling. At the mouth of the Ganges, large oysters are fished and used to make lime. Oysters are good in stews. Lime is made from a shell called jonquera, which is as long as a finger and pyramid-shaped. Turtles are caught, but their flesh is not good and very oily. Lime is also made from a white mollusc used for betel and for whitewashing houses. From the foot of the fathoms to Balasore, 12 leagues away, fish are caught in the sea in November, December, January and February. On land, on the banks, they stretch their low-tide nets with 4-foot-high stakes in the ground. They attach their nets to these stakes (margin: these nets form an enclosure) when the sea rises 12 feet during high tides. The fish are then found on the shore, where they are caught with nets before the sea recedes. They often catch many different kinds of fish. In Balasore, there are a few shells of different shapes but not in large quantities. There are a few rivers that flow into the Balasore harbour where there are oysters but not in large quantities. In the Ganges, the fishermen's boats are flat, very long and pointed at both ends. called dingue, which can carry a barrel or two at most. The boats used for fishing in the backwaters and in Balasore are called patia. They are shaped like a long chest with raised ends and a large rudder attached to the stern. The boats are very resistant to the sea and waves and can pass over all the breakers. They are about two feet wide, and pilots often board them to reach ships in the harbour because the ships' boats cannot leave the river. There are usually five men in each boat when they go fishing at sea. They have nets that are 80 to 100 fathoms long. The top of the net is lined with calabashes and the bottom of the net is lined with terracotta balls. They stretch the net out on the sea or in the river, let it drift a certain distance with the current or the tide, then pull the net back into the boat where they find their fish attached to the net. There is another type of net called a speduie, which a man throws onto the surface of the water. It has weights at the bottom and tightens to catch the fish it finds. There is another type of net that is made in a fairly large triangle shape, which is placed on a boat stretched out with two poles, then lowered into the water and lifted up again with a counterweight. Small fish are caught with this net. There is yet another net that is dragged behind a

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

There are no herrings. There is a species of sardine in the Ganges, but not in large quantities. A few tuna are caught in Balasore. There are no cod, mackerel or salmon as there are in Japan, and there are no trout or sturgeon. No fish is brought to Bengal to be sold. The only fish caught in Bengal are pearls and clams (chanques), which I will discuss below. In Bengal, there is no trade in these commodities. There would be no demand for them if they were brought there. There is no significant trade in pearls in Bengal. All the pearls come from Bardus, which is in the Persian Gulf. Most of them are taken to Surat, and the merchants who trade in them bring them from Surat. Coral does not sell well in Bengal, at least not in large quantities, and those who buy it take it to Goa, Kashmir and Bhutan. Amber sells poorly and is transported to Bhutan and Kashmir. Large clear pieces and jasper are sold by weight in pataques (currency). Ambergris is not widely used except in medicine. The wealthy use it to make remedies. Most of it is transported to the Mughal court and other provinces. The Dutch bring to Bengal a large shell called Clams, which I will discuss below. The Bengalis make bracelets from it for offerings. Most of what is brought to Bengal by sea is transported inland to various provinces. All Indians use coral pearls, ambergris and yellow amber for medicine. Large pearls, large coral and yellow amber are used for their ornaments and for their women. The best catch in Bengal is salt, which is a good source of profit for the people and merchants and a large source of income for the Mughal customs. This salt, which is produced at the mouth of the Ganges in various rivers, is transported by boats to various places after ox caravans transport it throughout the kingdom. No coarse salt is produced. Salt water is boiled to make salt. There is no trade in Bengal in foreign fisheries, except for clams from Toutoucouvindu in the Mannar Strait. Large chanque or shells are brought by the Dutch, who sell them in Bengal for 16 rupees per hundred. Every year, they bring in a hundred thousand, sometimes more, sometimes less. They buy these shells from fishermen and get them very cheaply. They are the masters of this fishery. Small clams are fished between the colony and the lands of a raja named Rani Ramer and Taniavoir, about whom I will speak later in the manner in which these clams are fished.

The Gulf of Bengal does not produce large shellfish. Only oysters, jonquaet [?] and mussels, these three types of shellfish. They are used to make lime for houses and to eat with betel. The Bengalese drill holes in shells, which they then bind together with string, and join the shells with Spanish wax and small copper or silver nails to make bracelets for gentlewomen. There are many workers who do this work, and they produce a large quantity. In the rivers and on the banks when the sea recedes, they collect these shells and load them onto their boats to make lime. I will describe below how these chanques are fished, as I have seen it done. There are not many mussels, as they are poisonous, but the oysters are large in Bengal. They are only good in stews. The Indians do not eat them. Only Europeans eat them. Sometimes pearl seeds are found in oysters in Balasore in the neighbouring rivers. There are many birds that always live on the seashore at Balasore, such as white and black cormorants and three kinds of jasper. There are two kinds of knights, two kinds of white cul, two kinds of red ducks and white marquette, white and grey geese, and another species of black and white goose with a flesh crest on its nose. They are called sarangues, sea larks, land larks, two kinds of white egrets for their size, cormorants, which are the scoters of this country, two kinds of papangues (parrots), vultures and many other birds whose names I do not know. There is no seaweed on the shore of Balasore or in the Ganges. The fishermen of Balasore wear only a piece of cloth as wide as two hands to cover their nakedness, tied with a rope to their waist, without a cap or hat, because they get wet with their nets in the sea water (margin: see behind). They do this to spare their clothes. Along the coast from Orisola to Ganian, there are several rivers. In November, December and January, the fishermen go out to sea to catch different kinds of fish. From Ganian to Machilipatnam, they do the same thing. In Machilipatnam, there are small oysters that are good and different kinds of fish. They fish with catamarans and do the same thing all along the Coromandel coast to Nagappattinam. The catamarans are made of three pieces of light wood tied together with two ropes like a raft. There are two men on board, and they swim with paddles that serve as rudders. They also put up a mast and a barrel of water. Some carry two or three barrels. They are larger and have two sails. These catamarans suffer greatly in bad weather. The fishermen are always in the water.

The Gulf of Bengal does not produce large shellfish. Only oysters, jonquaet [?] and mussels, these three types of shellfish. They are used to make lime for houses and to eat with betel. The Bengalese drill holes in shells, which they then bind together with string, and join the shells with Spanish wax and small copper or silver nails to make bracelets for gentlewomen. There are many workers who do this work, and they produce a large quantity. In the rivers and on the banks when the sea recedes, they collect these shells and load them onto their boats to make lime. I will describe below how these chanques are fished, as I have seen it done. There are not many mussels, as they are poisonous, but the oysters are large in Bengal. They are only good in stews. The Indians do not eat them. Only Europeans eat them. Sometimes pearl seeds are found in oysters in Balasore in the neighbouring rivers. There are many birds that always live on the seashore at Balasore, such as white and black cormorants and three kinds of jasper. There are two kinds of knights, two kinds of white cul, two kinds of red ducks and white marquette, white and grey geese, and another species of black and white goose with a flesh crest on its nose. They are called sarangues, sea larks, land larks, two kinds of white egrets for their size, cormorants, which are the scoters of this country, two kinds of papangues (parrots), vultures and many other birds whose names I do not know. There is no seaweed on the shore of Balasore or in the Ganges. The fishermen of Balasore wear only a piece of cloth as wide as two hands to cover their nakedness, tied with a rope to their waist, without a cap or hat, because they get wet with their nets in the sea water (margin: see behind). They do this to spare their clothes. Along the coast from Orisola to Ganian, there are several rivers. In November, December and January, the fishermen go out to sea to catch different kinds of fish. From Ganian to Machilipatnam, they do the same thing. In Machilipatnam, there are small oysters that are good and different kinds of fish. They fish with catamarans and do the same thing all along the Coromandel coast to Nagappattinam. The catamarans are made of three pieces of light wood tied together with two ropes like a raft. There are two men on board, and they swim with paddles that serve as rudders. They also put up a mast and a barrel of water. Some carry two or three barrels. They are larger and have two sails. These catamarans suffer greatly in bad weather. The fishermen are always in the water.

The Gulf of Bengal does not produce large shellfish. Only oysters, jonquaet [?] and mussels, these three types of shellfish. They are used to make lime for houses and to eat with betel. The Bengalese drill holes in shells, which they then bind together with string, and join the shells with Spanish wax and small copper or silver nails to make bracelets for gentlewomen. There are many workers who do this work, and they produce a large quantity. In the rivers and on the banks when the sea recedes, they collect these shells and load them onto their boats to make lime. I will describe below how these chanques are fished, as I have seen it done. There are not many mussels, as they are poisonous, but the oysters are large in Bengal. They are only good in stews. The Indians do not eat them. Only Europeans eat them. Sometimes pearl seeds are found in oysters in Balasore in the neighbouring rivers. There are many birds that always live on the seashore at Balasore, such as white and black cormorants and three kinds of jasper. There are two kinds of knights, two kinds of white cul, two kinds of red ducks and white marquette, white and grey geese, and another species of black and white goose with a flesh crest on its nose. They are called sarangues, sea larks, land larks, two kinds of white egrets for their size, cormorants, which are the scoters of this country, two kinds of papangues (parrots), vultures and many other birds whose names I do not know. There is no seaweed on the shore of Balasore or in the Ganges. The fishermen of Balasore wear only a piece of cloth as wide as two hands to cover their nakedness, tied with a rope to their waist, without a cap or hat, because they get wet with their nets in the sea water (margin: see behind). They do this to spare their clothes. Along the coast from Orisola to Ganian, there are several rivers. In November, December and January, the fishermen go out to sea to catch different kinds of fish. From Ganian to Machilipatnam, they do the same thing. In Machilipatnam, there are small oysters that are good and different kinds of fish. They fish with catamarans and do the same thing all along the Coromandel coast to Nagappattinam. The catamarans are made of three pieces of light wood tied together with two ropes like a raft. There are two men on board, and they swim with paddles that serve as rudders. They also put up a mast and a barrel of water. Some carry two or three barrels. They are larger and have two sails. These catamarans suffer greatly in bad weather. The fishermen are always in the water.

The Gulf of Bengal does not produce large shellfish. Only oysters, jonquaet [?] and mussels, these three types of shellfish. They are used to make lime for houses and to eat with betel. The Bengalese drill holes in shells, which they then bind together with string, and join the shells with Spanish wax and small copper or silver nails to make bracelets for gentlewomen. There are many workers who do this work, and they produce a large quantity. In the rivers and on the banks when the sea recedes, they collect these shells and load them onto their boats to make lime. I will describe below how these chanques are fished, as I have seen it done. There are not many mussels, as they are poisonous, but the oysters are large in Bengal. They are only good in stews. The Indians do not eat them. Only Europeans eat them. Sometimes pearl seeds are found in oysters in Balasore in the neighbouring rivers. There are many birds that always live on the seashore at Balasore, such as white and black cormorants and three kinds of jasper. There are two kinds of knights, two kinds of white cul, two kinds of red ducks and white marquette, white and grey geese, and another species of black and white goose with a flesh crest on its nose. They are called sarangues, sea larks, land larks, two kinds of white egrets for their size, cormorants, which are the scoters of this country, two kinds of papangues (parrots), vultures and many other birds whose names I do not know. There is no seaweed on the shore of Balasore or in the Ganges. The fishermen of Balasore wear only a piece of cloth as wide as two hands to cover their nakedness, tied with a rope to their waist, without a cap or hat, because they get wet with their nets in the sea water (margin: see behind). They do this to spare their clothes. Along the coast from Orisola to Ganian, there are several rivers. In November, December and January, the fishermen go out to sea to catch different kinds of fish. From Ganian to Machilipatnam, they do the same thing. In Machilipatnam, there are small oysters that are good and different kinds of fish. They fish with catamarans and do the same thing all along the Coromandel coast to Nagappattinam. The catamarans are made of three pieces of light wood tied together with two ropes like a raft. There are two men on board, and they swim with paddles that serve as rudders. They also put up a mast and a barrel of water. Some carry two or three barrels. They are larger and have two sails. These catamarans suffer greatly in bad weather. The fishermen are always in the water.

The Gulf of Bengal does not produce large shellfish. Only oysters, jonquaet [?] and mussels, these three types of shellfish. They are used to make lime for houses and to eat with betel. The Bengalese drill holes in shells, which they then bind together with string, and join the shells with Spanish wax and small copper or silver nails to make bracelets for gentlewomen. There are many workers who do this work, and they produce a large quantity. In the rivers and on the banks when the sea recedes, they collect these shells and load them onto their boats to make lime. I will describe below how these chanques are fished, as I have seen it done. There are not many mussels, as they are poisonous, but the oysters are large in Bengal. They are only good in stews. The Indians do not eat them. Only Europeans eat them. Sometimes pearl seeds are found in oysters in Balasore in the neighbouring rivers. There are many birds that always live on the seashore at Balasore, such as white and black cormorants and three kinds of jasper. There are two kinds of knights, two kinds of white cul, two kinds of red ducks and white marquette, white and grey geese, and another species of black and white goose with a flesh crest on its nose. They are called sarangues, sea larks, land larks, two kinds of white egrets for their size, cormorants, which are the scoters of this country, two kinds of papangues (parrots), vultures and many other birds whose names I do not know. There is no seaweed on the shore of Balasore or in the Ganges. The fishermen of Balasore wear only a piece of cloth as wide as two hands to cover their nakedness, tied with a rope to their waist, without a cap or hat, because they get wet with their nets in the sea water (margin: see behind). They do this to spare their clothes. Along the coast from Orisola to Ganian, there are several rivers. In November, December and January, the fishermen go out to sea to catch different kinds of fish. From Ganian to Machilipatnam, they do the same thing. In Machilipatnam, there are small oysters that are good and different kinds of fish. They fish with catamarans and do the same thing all along the Coromandel coast to Nagappattinam. The catamarans are made of three pieces of light wood tied together with two ropes like a raft. There are two men on board, and they swim with paddles that serve as rudders. They also put up a mast and a barrel of water. Some carry two or three barrels. They are larger and have two sails. These catamarans suffer greatly in bad weather. The fishermen are always in the water.

The Gulf of Bengal does not produce large shellfish. Only oysters, jonquaet [?] and mussels, these three types of shellfish. They are used to make lime for houses and to eat with betel. The Bengalese drill holes in shells, which they then bind together with string, and join the shells with Spanish wax and small copper or silver nails to make bracelets for gentlewomen. There are many workers who do this work, and they produce a large quantity. In the rivers and on the banks when the sea recedes, they collect these shells and load them onto their boats to make lime. I will describe below how these chanques are fished, as I have seen it done. There are not many mussels, as they are poisonous, but the oysters are large in Bengal. They are only good in stews. The Indians do not eat them. Only Europeans eat them. Sometimes pearl seeds are found in oysters in Balasore in the neighbouring rivers. There are many birds that always live on the seashore at Balasore, such as white and black cormorants and three kinds of jasper. There are two kinds of knights, two kinds of white cul, two kinds of red ducks and white marquette, white and grey geese, and another species of black and white goose with a flesh crest on its nose. They are called sarangues, sea larks, land larks, two kinds of white egrets for their size, cormorants, which are the scoters of this country, two kinds of papangues (parrots), vultures and many other birds whose names I do not know. There is no seaweed on the shore of Balasore or in the Ganges. The fishermen of Balasore wear only a piece of cloth as wide as two hands to cover their nakedness, tied with a rope to their waist, without a cap or hat, because they get wet with their nets in the sea water (margin: see behind). They do this to spare their clothes. Along the coast from Orisola to Ganian, there are several rivers. In November, December and January, the fishermen go out to sea to catch different kinds of fish. From Ganian to Machilipatnam, they do the same thing. In Machilipatnam, there are small oysters that are good and different kinds of fish. They fish with catamarans and do the same thing all along the Coromandel coast to Nagappattinam. The catamarans are made of three pieces of light wood tied together with two ropes like a raft. There are two men on board, and they swim with paddles that serve as rudders. They also put up a mast and a barrel of water. Some carry two or three barrels. They are larger and have two sails. These catamarans suffer greatly in bad weather. The fishermen are always in the water.