Voyage to the East Indies

Voyage to the East Indies is credited to a S. Bartholomaeo Paulinus. The writer says it may with truth be asserted that nothing is the cause of the eternal disputes between the Indian Christians and the Pagans but hatred on the part of the inhabitants, and avarice on the part of the sovereign and his ministers. The writer thinks it probable that a great part of the Christians of St. Thomas in India came from Persia or Chaldea.

The text says the mountains of Barcale and Kidàculam, which contain a great deal of iron and other highly inflammable substances, are, in all probability, the principal reservoirs which give rise to such concussions in the earth. The text describes the well-known city of Calicut, which has experienced such a variegated fate, as lying on the sea-coast and consisting partly of houses constructed of teka wood, and partly of huts composed of palm branches interwoven through each other, and covered with palm leaves.