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All this abundance of gold, from which the Indians send the aforementioned gold-dust to the king, they obtain in the following way.

To the east of the Indian country is sand. Of all the people of Asia (continent)Asia whom we know - even those about whom something is said with precision - the Indians dwell nearest to the dawn and the rising sun; for on the eastern side of +India [77,20] (nation), Asia India all is desolate because of the sand.