Provo Daily Enquirer | 1892-02-13 | Page 4 | The Jews on the Malabar Coast

the beirn on the Bla labar coast the house of the british resident a the coart of cochin stands on the island of Balg hatty in the midst of abo lagoon and it is easy to visit fram it both the native and the british town the most curious thing in the former is the very ancient jewish settlement which goes back far beyond all authentic aut hentis record and is in possession of a deed in graved on metal which may well be aa old as the seventh century A D much older that is than any existing manuscript of the old testament how the jows came there is a mystery but it is perfectly possible nay even probable that there were commercial dealings between the ports at the head of the red sea and the malabar coast at an immensely remote period the pepper trade which has its main center between calicut and Telli cherry rather to the north must be one of the oldest in the world M E grant doff in contemporary review