China.] 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE 



Provisions and Refreshments. — Iii no part of the world are provisions 

 more abundant than in China, or of better quality. The prices are in 

 general moderate. All provisions are weighed. 



The following is a list of the stores taken on board a ship of 1200 tons 

 at Canton, for the use of the homeward passage. The Company's ships 

 are obliged to take in nine months' provisions in time of war, ami six 

 months" in time of peace. 



Snipes Stores. 



1050 catties of beef. 

 6 calves. 



410 catties of pig, 8 in number. 

 6S36 ditto biscuit. 



900 ditto fine ditto. 

 2983 ditto rice. 



496 ditto fine ditto. 

 3080 ditto calavanccs. 



1051 fine flour. 

 11125 ditto paddy. 



4707 ditto gram. 

 3000 ditto sugar. 

 3000 ditto yams. 

 180 ditto wax candles. 

 440 ditto pumpkins. 

 113 ditto sweet potatoes. 

 GO Macao cabbages. 

 Sundry small stores, vegetables, &c. 



Cajjin Stores. 

 2160 catties of hay. 

 400 ditto bran. 

 635 ditto Macao potatoes. 

 665 ditto capons, 197 in number. 

 621 ditto fowls, 240 in number. 

 1 92 ditto pigs, I sow and 1 boar. 

 569 ditto ditto, 20 pigs. 

 6 sheep. 

 1 cow. 



260 catties geese, 50 in number. 

 60 wild ducks. 

 72 teal. 

 12 wild geese. 

 48 pigeons. 

 36 quails. 

 1000 eggs. 

 100 catties of hams, and jugs faces. 

 Sundry vegetables, fruits. Sec. 



ARTICLES PROCURABLE AT CANTON, WITH DIRECTIONS. 



Agates are generally found in pebbles, kidney shaped, variegated with 

 veins and clouds, and are arranged according to the diflerent colours of their 

 grounds. Ofthosc with a white ground there are three species; the white- 

 veined, the milky, and the lead coloured. Of those with a red ground there 

 are four s|>ecies ; the flesh eoluure*!, the blood coloured, the clouded, 

 and the red. Of those with a yellow ground there are two species ; the 

 yellow and the pale yellow. 



The white veineu Agate is most commonly known by the name of 

 the Mocha stone. It is of a very firm, compact, and fine texture, though it 

 is found in the shape of a Jliuty pebble stone. The sizes are various, from 

 one to eight inches in diameter. The veins of this stone arc very beautifully 



