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'Ae captain unloads his veffel, and tranfports 

 his goods to a fadory, wliich is vifited by 

 the ^mandarins Ts:ho pre fide over the cuf- 

 toms^ in C3i:der to fee whether they can 

 meet with any thing curious, or that might 

 be agreeable to the king, or the princlpai 

 mandarins of the kingdom. Thefe man- 

 darins of the cuftoms prefent a lift of what 

 they wifti to buy ; and if tliey find among 

 the cargo any of the articles in their lift* 

 they feparate them from the feft, and fettle 

 the price with the captain, who niuft be 

 contented with a bill payable in two or three 

 months* Before this ^^ifit, the captain can 

 difpofe of nothing t he muft alfo be very 

 exa£t, and make no omiffion in the lift 

 which he prefents to the king on his arrival j 

 for if the mandarins of the cuftoms Ihoul d 

 find any thing not mentioned in the lift, 

 the confequenccs might be very difagree- 

 able. He muft, likewife, give fome prefents 

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