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prodiH'c of t)io first m on til. or moiitli-and-a-lialf, 

 aiiioiintiufi' iisniilly to forty tlioiisaiid jjociils, the 

 natives informed us is exported ; and the second 

 gathering, mamadng to aboiit tba sm^ qttau 

 tlty, h coitsumdl the eomtty. Hie ioiU 

 were brought m board th© ship in large boats, 

 (originally built and employed as fishing vessels, 

 except when required for this employment, they 



ate to be purdiafiejil fer tmafy m tw^dXffy-five 

 dollars,) in bulk, and Manilla mat-bags, and are 

 taken on board the ships in bulk. Tlie quan- 

 tity of Areka-nut imported by the Chinese, 

 immls to £}itp<^ve lorty^eight l^otxsd(&4 

 peenk ikanit^y^ ea:eltisiTe o£ ihat Iteoiigl]^ Ibotti 

 Cochin China, the amount of whicli is not 

 known : in 1X32, from a faikirc of tlie usual 

 supply of nuts from Cochin Chiua^ forty-eight 

 llioassmd peculs, imported bom t&L&t places, 

 si^dmM^^ four doUm aad tluree-qizsHtm 

 the pecul j the price it usually f#tsh«s m tfee CJiina 

 market is from two to three and three-rpiarter 

 dollax's the pecuL The prinei])al consuniption 

 <rf -iiie nut as a masticatory (in conjunetion 

 vrith the Ifeaf <jdM betel, pt&dm^ n vine, 

 the Piper betel) is in the provinces of Quang, ton, 

 (Canton, of RurojM'aus,) f^uang, si, and Che, 

 keang, and may bv seen, exposed for gale, on 



