"Ganges, no qual os seus habitadores
Morrem banhados, tendo por certeza,
Que inda que sejão grandes peccadores,
Esta agua sancta os lava, e da pureza."—Lusiad. x, 121.
[ [284] In Ortelius there is a place called Aralem, east of Bengala.
[ [285] Bengala, Ortelius, and on the same spot in Homannus Chatigan; in our maps Chittagong, which name was changed by the Moghuls in 1666 to Islam Abad.
"Vê Cathigão cidade das melhores
De Bengala provincia; que se preza
De abundante; mas olha, que está posta
Para o Austro de aqui virada a costa."—Lusiad. x, stan. 121.
[ [286] Abasis.
[ [287] The employment of eunuchs was forbidden by the Prophet, since their employment induced people to supply the demand. Hidayah, vol. iv, p. 121.
[ [288] Verma, Ortelius and Ramusio.
[ [289] Aracangil, Lisbon edit.
[ [290] Here Ramusio adds: "And they say that by this trial they know which of them are healthy and of a good temperament."
[ [291] Pegu, Ortelius and Ramusio.