2t Account of the Trade of Siam. 



dnrlan, mangosteiiij and tamarind, which are remarkable 

 for thriving here. 



The animals are horses, oxen, buff\iloes, sheep and goats, 

 ligcvs, elephants, rhinoceroses, deer, and some hares. 



There is poultry in great ;ihundance, with ])eacocks, pi- 

 tccins, paitridire?, snipes, parrots, and many other birds. 



They liave insects and vermin, as peculiar to other parts 

 of India. 



The sea yields them excellent fish of all kinds, particu- 

 larly flounders, which are dried and exported to all the 

 tsst^rn ports ; and they have extraordinary fine lobsters, 

 fc-.Tia'l turtles, and oysters. Here too are very fine river fish, 

 rarticula^ly the bcatie (or cockup), silver eels of a very large 

 ci2e, and mangoe fish, so much esteemed in Calcutta. 



From the humidity of the soil, it is almost unnecessary 

 to observe, that the chief disorders to v.hich Europeans are 

 ¥;ubject, are fluxes, dysenteries, fevers, and agues. 



No private merchant here dare trade in tin, tutanag, 

 elcj)hants' teeth, lead, or sapan v\'ood, without leave from 

 the king 3 which permission is ^eldom granted, as he mo- 

 nopolizes these articles to himself, and pa\s in them for 

 any goods he purchases, at the highest prices they will 

 brmg at most markets in India. 



The following are the general prices for elephants' teeth 

 from the king in payment : 



thus falling eight ticalls in each pecul, as the number of 

 teeth increases. But if you purchase with readv monev, 

 instead of receiving them in barter (or payment) for goods, 

 you will buy each quality tight ticalls per pecul cheaper 

 than the above prices; and still lower if you have permis- 

 sion to trade with the Christians, or private merchants. 



In purchasing sapan wood, it is customary to allow five 



catties per pecul lor loss of weight ; and as each draft is 



2 weighed 



