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CAMBAIA

Volume 5 · 165 words · 1823 Edition

or CAMPAY, a town of Asia, in India, and in the peninsula on this side the Ganges; capital of a province of the same name; but more commonly called Guzerat. It is seated at the bottom of a gulf of the same name, on a small river; is a large place with high walls, and has a pretty good trade. The product and manufactures are inferior to few towns in India, for it abounds in corn, cattle, and silk; and cornelian and agate stones are found in its rivers. The inhabitants are noted for embroidery; and some of their quilts have been valued at 40l. It came into the possession of the British in 1803. E. Long. 72° 15'; N. Lat. 22° 30'.

CUMBAYES, in commerce, cotton cloths made at Bengal, Madras, and some other places on the coast of Coromandel. They are proper for the trade of Marseilles, whither the English at Madras send great numbers of them. Many are also imported into Holland.