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APPENDIX J 



APPENDIX J 



PRESENTS AND BARTER 



Articles found to be in demand during the cruise of the Terrapin : — 



Andamans — 



Red cotton {salu), clay pipes, leaf tobacco, matches, rice, sugar, axe-heads, 

 parangs, iron wire and scraps, files, long nails. 



NiCOBARS— 



Central, 



Cigarettes. 



Chinese and Javanese 

 tobacco. 



Matches. 



Dried fish. 



Turpentine, quinine, 

 camphor, castor oil, 

 scent, essential oils, 

 plaster. 



Silver (?) wire, soup- 

 ladles. 



Red cotton. 



Cotton handkerchiefs. 



Silk hats, Malay caps. 



Old clothes. 



Northern. 

 Cigars, cigarettes. 

 Chinese and Javanese 



tobacco. 

 Matches. 

 Dried Fish. 

 Turpentine, quinine, 



camphor, castor oil, 



scent, essential oils, 



plaster. 

 Silver (?) wire. 



Southern Islands, 

 Cigarettes. 

 Chinese and Javanese 



tobacco. 

 Matches. 



Turpentine, quinine, 

 camphor, castor oil, 

 scent, essential oils, 

 plaster. 



Silver (?) wire. 



Red cotton. 

 Cotton handkerchiefs. 

 Old silk hats. 

 Old clothes. 



Biscuits and crusts. 



Rice. 



Red cotton. 



Cotton handkerchiefs. 



Malay caps. 



Chinese cotton coats 



and trousers, sarongs. 

 Rice. 

 Parangs, knives, axes, 



beads, needles, 



thread, soap, old 



shoes. 



