PORTUGUESE TREATIES WITH CALICUT 121 Portuguese imports, allowed the Calicut Zamorin to send two trading-ships under Portuguese passes to Ormuz during the current year, and agreed that Portu- guese merchandise should pay dues. A fortified factory was then built and the bond was soon drawn tighter. TH i ZAMOKIN OF CALICUT GIVING AN AUDIENCE. From an old print. By the treaty of 1515 the Zamorin of Calicut expresses a desire to serve Portugal; will allow no enemies of Portugal to enter his harbour; gives exemptions to Christians, even to Christian converts; and is to pay half the shipping-dues to the Portuguese. The process of coercion went on till in 1540 the Calicut Zamorin agreed to sell " all the pepper " and " all the ginger
