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Other islands. The field is opened for the boldest 

 adventurers. They attempt, they pursue new dis- 

 coveries ; (we remind our readers of the ship, 

 which, according to JMackenzie's account, was seen 

 about the year I78O in the Icy Sea;) they take 

 Aleutians or Kadiackers to catch the sea-otters on 

 the coast of California, &c. Canton is the general 

 market, Hana-rura a free port and staple place. 

 The captain for the most part manages the busi- 

 ness, and those disputes are not to be feared, 

 which frequently happen between the captain and 

 supercargo, when these two offices are separated. 

 In the dangerous trade on the N. W. coast there 

 is no good faith on either side, and they must be 

 on their guard against the arms which they sell. 

 Neighbouring tribes are very often engaged in war. 

 They agree with the leader of one, and deliver to 

 him his enemy, whom they seek to seize by cun- 

 ning or violence, for a fixed price. They entice 

 chiefs on board, kidnap them, and restore them to 

 liberty for a certain ransom, &c. Men also whom 

 they purchase on the southern coast, they sell to ad- 

 vantage on the northern. We have mentioned the 

 kidnapping in the South Sea islands in our article 

 on Guahon. It was an American, who, in an 

 island along the coast of California, had all the male 

 inhabitants driven together, and shot. Captain 

 Door, (with the Jenny from Boston,) touched at 

 Guahon in 1808, after having taken in a cargo of 

 sanders-wood in the Fidji islands. He praised 



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