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they make beautiful tapestry and carpets. Besa is remarkable for
needle-work; and they excel there, in respect to that art, the
people of Corcoub*
At Siraf they abound in marine productions, and com
modities brought by sea; such as aloes, ambergris, camphire,
pearls, canes, ivory, and ebony: pepper, sandal, and various
kinds of drugs and medicines, are sent from that place to all
quarters of the world; and in this city there are such wealthy
merchants, that several of them possess fortunes of sixty thousand
thousand direms; and I have seen them.
At Arghan, in the village called Afaresk,
they make such excellent L- j UL j O doushah (syrup), that no other
place can equal it in that respect, except Seilan.
At Kazeroun there is a certain species of date, called
Jcheilan, which they send into Irak and Isfahan. At
Darahgird, in the ditches which surround the town,
there is a certain fish extremely pleasing to the taste, without
any bone..
In the vicinity of Darabgird, Jimrnmy is found. Once
every year they open the place where it is produced, and a cer
tain quantity of it is taken for the king's use, in presence of
confidential persons, who then seal up the place.. And in the ter-
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