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violet and copper, but good mixed with inferior Letter to 



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Will not do : and for this reason, it is the practice 6 June isio. 

 of the buyers, when they see inferior indigo in a 

 chest, even though there be a very small propor- 

 tion, to value it as it were two-thirds inferior and 

 only one-third good. 



8. The description of violet may be divided into 

 two samples : I, at present worth 10s., and sample 

 K, worth 8s. 9d. per lb. which is called red violet, 

 and sells readily. Copper is also of two descrip- 

 tions: red copper (sample L), 7s. 9d., and middling 

 copper (sample Q) at 6s. 3d. The latter is too 

 often mixed with sand, as are sometimes the violet 

 and purple. Any appearance of sand injures the 

 sale. We have sent you specimens of sandy pur- 

 ple in sample R ; of sandy violet, in sample 

 marked S; and of sandy copper in sample marked 

 T. When trade is dull these kinds will not sell at 

 all, or at least but for very low prices. You will 

 observe, in our valuations of the samples, the great 

 difference between inferior, middling, and red 

 copper. 



9. It must, however, be observed, that the 

 sample marked G was the very finest indigo in the 

 present sale, which consists of 12,789 chests ; and 

 of this excellent quality the number was only one 

 hundred and twenty-two chests. 



10. There have been sold at our present sales 

 about 9,000 chests (up to the 29th May 1810), of 

 which number fourteen chests have sold for up- 

 wards 



