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Other places on the coast, abomid also iu the 



jtootlier ^mar whieli was fallen into hy mi 



being acquainted with the nistom of the place, was 

 purcliasiiif^ tlie mit Iiv the perul instfarl nf the 

 iaxaVj by which much loss is sustained l»v tlie 

 ljuyer* The luxur or laxar is in weight one 

 ]5e0ul and thirfcy-five-Jiundredtlis (tf a pecul : it 

 consists of ten ftowsattd ntttSj md from ten to 

 twenty-five per cent., aecordni<r to the ]»aro";iiii 

 previously made, is given over, tor nuts which 

 may be rotten or otherwise daniagetl. 

 Sevml vessels^ the Element Bdesn, Bania, 



roads, for caro-oes of Areka-nnt. I took an oppor- 

 tiuiitv of visitin*4' the vilhig*^ of (ling'ham, ]n'oceed- 

 ing thither in tlic ship's boat. The coast to the 



chatai5t^ asakmt PediiPi except perhaps in 

 pSaeis^ wbere it was more densely wooded with 

 eocoa-nnt and other trees close to the heneli. W e 

 passed a cluster of jjahn-leaved thatcheil, bam- 

 boo bntft, which ivas the village of Hbn. The 



* One of the mett^hauts, a Moorman, named Makmn^ 

 3Ionsonri engaged, if « Ship was brought next seascm to 

 Siiwang, (a village I'uitlicr to tliu eastward) to deliver tm 

 board six tHoiisaml ;^>eculs of the Areka-ttiU in the Kpace oi' 

 «ight clays. 



