[ [369] Mar Deignan in Ramusio.
[ [370] I have been informed by Mr. Capt, jeweller, of Geneva, that the proportions of the prices of precious stones, according to their weight, are still very exact for uncut stones in the Indian market, and that the general accuracy of the details given in this MS. is very great. With respect to the doubts which had been expressed as to the stones of combined colours, they do exist, but are held in no estimation in Europe. Experiments have been made in Europe, and especially in Germany, for the purpose of deepening the colour of precious stones, particularly rubies, by the process here mentioned; but success was so hazardous, and so costly, that speculators would no longer incur the risks of it.
[ [371] 6562 in Ramusio.
[ [372] Beledin, of the country, local; Arabic. Ramusio has not translated it.
[ [373] xl in Ramusio.
[ [374] El peso del es el mayor. This may refer to the old and new weights, or it may mean that this ginger is heavier than the other ginger.
[ [375] Syn enbarar.
[ [376] Faratela, Indian weight equal to seven and a quarter pounds. Encicloped. Dict., Madrid, 1853.
[ [377] Atincar, Anglicè tincal, when refined, borax.
[ [378] Calamo aromático, also called acoro, a kind of aquatic plant used in medicine.