XIV.] 



THE TRADING SEASON. 



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in, come the praus, laden with rice, calico, gin, hardware, and the 

 various products of the "West. By the end of January trade is in 

 full swing, lasting till, in July, the east monsoon is sufficiently 



A STREET IN DOBBO. 



established to enable the traders to depart, taking with them the 

 tripang, pearls and pearl-shell, sharks' fin, birds' nest, tortoise-shell, 

 and birds of Paradise, which form the chief articles of produce of 

 these and still more eastern regions. Dobbo during this season, as 



