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and carpets* Siicli articles would be very 

 agreeable to the fovereign of Cochinchina, 

 who is curious, a ad has slw es:cellent tafte- 

 He is fond of European maQufa<5tures, and 

 prefers things of ufe to things which ferve 

 only for amufement, Prcfents intended for 

 the mandarins ought to he of the fame kind, 

 but of lefs value ; and ought to be diRribut- 

 cd according to the dignity of each. One 

 would Be expofed to the danger of creating 

 enemies, if, in the difi:ribuf;on of thefe pre- 

 fents, thofe given to one clafs of mandarina 

 fhould be equal to thofe given to another. 



Befides the advantages which the French 

 colonies might derive from the commerce 

 of Cachlnchina, in going thither to take in 

 cargoes either for the coafts of India or 

 Chlnii, they might even lind others in that 

 country of a diiTerent kind, wluch would 

 appear more fubftantial and valuable to 

 thofe accjuaintcd with the real interefls of a 



colony, 



