Z90 COMMEItCIAIi TRANSACTIOK^^ 



in esmlilaiig^, at paitm i^im ^i^eed upoti. This 

 contract was mtifinl In' tlie old trading miuister, 

 pliiciiig the viglif-liaiHl of the supercargo into 

 that of the rajah, repeating, as they remained 

 with joined hands, tlie term^ t^^f^ to 4 



and ar{' written and sign?ed both parties. 

 They had abnndance of 0])inm, as niucli, they 

 informed us, as seven hundred chests unsold ; 

 it had been purchased at seven hundred dollars 

 ite €k^tf east at B^iria &t thk 

 time,.) but the Areka-nut had been delivered in 

 exebange, at the rate of one dollar the peeiil.* 



After the commercial affairs had been settled, 

 thereyah, mmistei^^ and merchants, accompanied 

 u» ijboul, mA itt "dxlet iMidtf of tlie village, fol- 

 lowed by a nond0$c^pt^ iNdUble. My eolketmg 

 ])lants and insects amused some and puz/lcd 

 others, and all were desirons of ascertaining for 

 what purpose 1 ret^uired them ; whether we had 



• A small investiiK'nt of various articles of cutlery wouhl 

 toi^ no doubt met with a ready sale a set of excellent 

 i^B^QgSi. the cost price of which m London was thirty shillings, 

 VfmmH^ twen^-five dollars, anil other lu tii lcs of u good' 

 quality, would have sold at equally good ih Ill's, A rirte gun, 

 case complete, was also sold for one hundreil and til'ty dollars; 

 and a pair of 4tk^ii|g^{ii£t>l|;^,x»f French itiflnufiacture, sev^nty- 

 Ave dollar ». 



