Dear Father,

Today, a wealthy merchant sold me a copy of the Periplus and now I am going to become rich and make you proud. It says that I should leave Egypt with and lots of Roman coins. When I get to India, I will find all kinds of valuable products to buy, including

If I have time, I might make it all the way to

someplace called

where I can bu $-$ There is$,$ however, one big problem with the book. It does not have any advice for dealing with merchants, but I know from experience that they control a large part of the Indian Ocean trade.

I miss you all very much, Your Loval Son