SAIL FOR SINGAPORE. 



15 



wii^ too high tor this article ; but, uiitortuiiatcly, 

 the speenlation orig^natad iat Batavia^ iaiid being 

 the first diip ehartered for tlie purpose from 

 thcnee, the parties were coiiseqiieiitly ignorant 

 of tho ])W>])h' and country, and of the. kind of 

 merchandize most advantageous for barter. 

 From the Biimber of sMpt requiring ntii at ike 

 same toe, payment in doUal», aad at an ad- 

 'raneed pnee, is sometimes the only means of 

 procnrinc: a cnrfi'o. nnh:^s^! the ve>sel remained 

 so long as to be ruinous to the speculators.* 



* A nural>or <if vessels from Pcnang come for the nut at 

 this season, to take it to that settlement in time for the 

 Indiamen, who purdutse It f&t the Chins market 



