Bixdoll. 



Sk. 



50 to 150 



— 00 



60 



— 00 



24 



— 00 



24 



— 00 



24 



— 06 



312 



— 00 



80 



— 00 



t long 1(5 



— 00 



03 



— 00 



134 MODERN HISTORY OR PRESENT STATE OF ALL NATIONS. 



The weights, he says, are 16 mace to 1 bmieal of 1 ounce 9 

 pennyweight 12 grains Troy; 100 catty are a pecul of 137-| lbs., 

 is o-J lbs. larger than the common China pecul; and 3 pecul are a 

 bahar. 



(Selections) Price Current July 170Jf. 



Aquila wood per pecul 



Canes per mi lie. 



Copper per pecul 



Gold Acheen per buncal 



Gold China ditto. 934 touch 



Opium per chest 



Quicksilver 



llattans per 100 bundles 14 foot long 



Sugar per pecul 



Tyn per behar 40 - - 00 



To this account of the trade of Malacca 1 shall subjoin a 

 farther description of the place and inhabitants, extracted chiefly 

 from Mr. Dampier and Mr. Lockyer, who were both upon the place. 



The town of Malacca stands on a low level ground, close to the 

 sea-side : on the East side of the town there is a river, which at 

 spring-tide will admit of small vessels, and on the East side of the 

 river stands a strong tort, between which and the town there is 

 communication by a drawbridge : this fort is built at the foot of a 

 little steep hill, and is of semicircular form, like the adjacent hill : 

 the walls are founded on rock, very thick, and carried up to a 

 cons' derable height; and the lower part of them is washed by the 

 sea at every tide : on the other side of the hill, there is a large 

 moat cut from the sea to the abovesaid river, which makes it an 

 island; and that part next the land is stocked with great tree^: on 

 the hill stands one little Church which serves the Dutch inhabi- 

 tants; and it is to be presumed, the Portuguese, who are pretty 

 numerous, may have a chapel in the town : but travellers do not 

 mention any temple for the rest of the inhabitants. 



In the town are between two and three hundred families of 

 Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese, and Moors, and two or three great 

 Armenian merchants. The Chinese have the best shops ; the houses 

 are generally built with stone and the streets are wide and strait 

 but not paved: The native Malayans who inhabit the suburbs, 

 live in poor mean cottages, and are kept in great subjection by their 

 haughty Dutch masters : but it is observed, they still retain a des- 

 perate sullenness in their looks : and the Malayans of the neigh- 

 bouring provinces have frequently revenged themselves on the Dutch 

 for the tyranny and oppression exercised on them and that restraint 

 the Hollanders put upon their trade all along the Malayan Coast 

 by their guardships, insomuch that it is very difficult for their 

 people to trade with any but the Dutch. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



