[Footnote 144:  Cherringin, is probably that now called Cheribon on the south side of Java; but Jauby is not to be recognised in our modern maps.—­E.]

The weight used in the purchase and sale of bezoars is called a taile which is 2-1/4 dollars, or 2 English ounces.  A Mallay taile is only equal to 1-1/2 dollar, or 1-1/3 English ounces.  A China taile is 1-7/20 dollars, or 1-1/5 English ounces; so that 10 China tailes are exactly equal to 6 Javan tailes.

The English commodities vendible here are as follow:  English iron in long thin bars, sells for six dollars the pekul.  Lead in small pigs, 5-1/2 dollars the pekul.  The barrel of fine corned powder 25 dollars.  Square pieces sanguined 10 dollars each.  Square pieces damasked all over, 6-1/2 feet long, 15 dollars each.[145] Broad-cloth, of ten pounds the cloth, of Venice red colour, sells for 3 dollars the gasse, which is 3/4 of a yard.  Opium misseree,[146] which is the best, 8 dollars the cattee.  Amber, in large beads, one wang and half a taile mallay, for 6 dollars.  Coral in large branches, 5 or 6 dollars the taile mallay.  Dollars are the most profitable commodity that can be carried to Bantam.

[Footnote 145:  These pieces were probably matchlocks.—­E.]

[Footnote 146:  Misseree here certainly means from Egypt.—­E.]

In February and March every year, there come to Bantam three or four junks from China, richly laden with raw silk, and wrought silks of various stuffs, China cashes, porcelain, cotton cloth, and other things.  The prices of these are as follow:  Raw silk of Lanking [Nankin] which is the best, 190 dollars the pekul; raw silk of Canton, which is coarser, 80 dollars the pekul; taffeta in bolts, 120 yards in the piece, 46 dollars the corge, or 20 pieces; velvets of all colours, 13 yards the piece, for 12 dollars; Damasks of all colours, 12 yards the piece, at 6 dollars; white sattins, in pieces of 12 yards, 8 dollars each; Burgones, of 10 yards long the piece, 45 dollars the corge; sleeve silk, the best made colours, 3 dollars the cattee; the best musk, 22 dollars the cattee; the best sewing gold thread, 15 knots, and every knot 30 threads, one dollar; velvet hangings with gold embroidery, 18 dollars; upon sattins, 14 dollars; white curtain stuffs, 9 yards the piece, 50 dollars the corge; flat white damask, 9 yards the piece, 4 dollars each; white sugar, very dry, 3-1/2 dollars the pekul; very dry sugar-candy, 5 dollars the pekul; very fine broad porcelain basons, 2 dollars the piece; coarse calico cloths, white or brown, 15 dollars the corge.  They bring likewise coarse porcelain, drugs, and various other commodities; but as these are not suitable to our country, I omit to mention them, but the following may be enumerated:  Very good and white benjamins, from 30 to 35 dollars the pekul; alum, from China,