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importance of the discovery ok this passage by thePoitugueze , 186.

Caravans, the origin of,- 3.,were protected and encouragedunder the Roman dominion, 75. great commercial useof, in the East, i?5. account of the caravans whichvisit Mecca, 243. a considerable stave-trade carried oilby the African caravans, 24;.

Caspian sea, erroneous opinion of the ancient geographersconcerning* 43. 210. by Whom first described in modemtimes , 2ii.

Casts , or orders of society among the native GentoOs,described, 234. remarks on the policy and tendencyof this arrangement, 2??. their peculiar nasties, ranks,and offices described, 344.

Cathay , the ancient name of China, 136.

Ceylon , supposed to be the island described by ancientgeographers under the name of Taprobana, 82. Christianchurches planted there by Persian missionaries, 103. isvisited by Marco Polo the Venetian, 131.

C hardin, Sir John, his testimony that the Orientals derivedthe use of the mariner’s compass from the Europeans,229. his account of the trade of Caffa, 233.

Chillamhrum , description of the pagoda there, 281.

China , the only country from Whence the Romans obtainedsilk, 59. through What medium they received it, 62.how the silk-worm was conveyed from thence to Europe,94. is traded to by the Arabians, 101. first mentionof porcelan and tea, 102. the Christian religion pro-pagated there by Persian missionaries, 103. how the silkof, was conveyed to Constantinople, after thb Greekswere excluded from the port of Alexandria, 104. estimateof the Chinese practice of navigation , 228. how thenumber of Mahomedans increase in China , 231. acommercial intercourse, by land, opened between thatcountry and Russia, 246. amazing exportation of teafrom, to Europe, 249.

Chronology , Indian, the four eras of, 362. remarks 013363.

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