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For sixty miles of this voyage, between Lochae and Pentan, the sea in many places is only four fathoms deep Thirty miles to the south-east from Pentan, is the island and kingdom of Malaiur , which has a king and a peculiar language of its own, and has a great trade carried on in spices from Pentan.
It produces abundance of porcelain shells, which are transported to other places, where they serve as money. Five hundred miles southward from Lochae, is the isle of Pentan , a savage place, which produces sweet trees in all its woods.
The merchants of Zaitum and Mangi, bring from thence abundance of gold and spices. South and south-westwards six hundred miles, are the islands of Sondur and Condur, both desolate, of which Sondur is the larger . Fifty miles south-east from them is a rich and great province, or island, called Lochae . The people are idolaters, and have both a king and language of their own.
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