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Mahogany, in boards, ioo ft. about 8 Span, dollars ; 



but the boards must be about a foot wide, and 3-4 



in. thick. 

 Mahogany and Madeira, in blocks, the ton, 24 Span. 



dollars. 

 Pineapples, the dozen, 1 piece of eight, 1 Span, dollar. 

 Limes, the thousand, according to the season, 1-2 Span. 



dollars. 

 Oranges, the hundred, according to the season, 1 



Span, dollar. 

 Turtles, the pound, about 1 bit, or 5 pence sterl. 

 Turtle-shells, the pound, 10-12 bits. 

 Coffee, native growth, the pound, 2 bits. 

 Cedar posts, the piece, 12 ft. long and 3 inches in the 



square, 3-4 bits. 

 The grey amber is found among the rocks on the 

 shore, but only by chance. Mr. Schwediauer has ex- 

 plained its origin in the Philosoph. Transactions with 

 great plausibility, showing that it is an excrement of 

 one or another sort of whales. Very recently a woman 

 found a large piece which the waves cast into her 

 hands as she was occupied by the shore ; she did not 

 know what the substance was, and since it stank 

 strongly according to her sense, she threw it away. 

 Several years ago there was a man here who counter- 

 feited grey amber, making a great quantity from wax, 

 salt, pepper, and other things ; selling a part for some 

 hundreds of pounds sterling, but the fraud was de- 

 tected in good time. 



Now and then are to be seen lying on the shore 

 fragments of true pumice stone. Presumably these 

 come from certain of the West India islands on which 

 there are volcanoes. 

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