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boat and ask ' \\ llo^e barqiu! thh ?' My captain 

 say, ' vajali TniiiioiigV then grab's iiicii tako 

 prisoners, and say, ' barque belong now to Achcen 

 rajah m lie d0i?m c6lda*s--oiiml0iMP^ fae^ 

 fore wliitr and Hack — aowAelieen colotnisred 

 and white." 



The quantity of betel-nut agreed for (three 

 iJjoussttid peeuls) was sent oe board ; and a far* 

 th^ agreettieiQ* entered intto for tliree thow«t<3 

 peculsjnore, to be delivervd in ;i few days after* 

 Opium, at nine hundred dollars tlie ehest, was 

 taken in part payment : this was a higJi ]>rice5 

 but netted to the sellers a profit of only ninety- 

 five f«Ta rupne&i m fc%^-seven dollars ; ft&m 

 the large quaniityMi t^ie market at this place, 

 it was M-ith the greatest difficulty it could be dis- 

 posed oi' even at that price : the dollars to l)e 

 given in addition must have been the principal 

 iiMta<sei»«»l, jfeirip^pSmfcad ton pureiia$6d ifecjin 

 the Peiia3% baAg, ** dalder Bux,'* at seven linn- 

 and seventy dollars the ehest ; l.)ut \\q after- 

 wards found only one dollar the peeul, or ratlier 

 laxar, Lad been paid by that vessel, which will 



^mmiiot Htm giving in. Immt «. h%h^ jmoe 

 Ibr the optmiik. 



On the secosd agreement being made, the 

 rajah ai^l suite came on board to ratify it, which, 

 after some disputes and discussions witii all 



