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Moreover, to give you full information respecting all those places of which you inquire, you must understand that none but traders reside in these islands, in which as great a number of ships and mariners, and as great quantities of merchandize is to be found, as in any other part of the world; more particularly in a most noble port called Zacton , where there are every year 100 large ships loaded and unloaded with pepper, besides many other ships which take in other kinds of spice.
In his reasoning, by some error which cannot be now corrected, a twenty-fourth part, or one hour, is omitted. Paul here evidently speaks of the empire of China, and the port here named Zacton or Zaiton, may be that now called Canton, although spice certainly is not the produce of that country. Cathay seems here to denote northern China. This is obviously the Quinsay of Marco Polo.
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