NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

NOTE XL. Sect. III. p. no.

It is proper to remark (fays Mr. Stewart) that theIndians have an admirable method of rendering theirreligion lucrative, it being usual for the Faquirs to carrywith them, in their pilgrimages from the fea-coafts to theinterior parts , pearls, corals spices, and other preciousarticles, of small bulk, which they exchange,^pn theirreturn, for gold-dust, musk, and other things of«a similarnature, concealing them easily in their hair, and in thecloths round their middle , carrying on, in proportion totheir numbers, no inconsiderable traffic by these means.Account of the Kingdom of Thibet, Philof. Transact, vol.lxvii. part ii. p. 483.

NOTE XLI. Sect. III. p. 121.

Caffa is the most commodious station for trade in theBlack Sea. While in the hands of the Gehoefe, whokept polfeffion of it above two centuries, they rendered itthe feat of an ofiensive and flourishing commerce. Evenunder all the disadvantages of its subjection , at present,to the Turkish government, it continues to be a placeof considerable trade. Sir John Chardin, who visited itA. D. 16^2 , relates, that, during his residence of fortydays there, above four hundred ships arrived at Caffa,or failed from it. Voyages , i. 48. He observed there ,several remains of Genoese magnificence. The number ofits inhabitants, according to M. Peyfonnel, amounts stillto eighty thousand. Commerce de la Mer Noire , torn. i.p. 15, He describes its trade as very great.