The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations . or inquiry, he demands an exact account of the numberof vessels that arrive, the countries to which they belong, thename of every person on board, the manner of their trading,the species and value of their commodities, and the time theyare to continue upon his coast; but this is not the worst;for he puts in practice all the little artifices of cunning todraw the foreign merchants into some breach of his innum-erable regulations, that under the appearance of justice hemay confiscate their goods. He is perpetually harassingtho
The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations . or inquiry, he demands an exact account of the numberof vessels that arrive, the countries to which they belong, thename of every person on board, the manner of their trading,the species and value of their commodities, and the time theyare to continue upon his coast; but this is not the worst;for he puts in practice all the little artifices of cunning todraw the foreign merchants into some breach of his innum-erable regulations, that under the appearance of justice hemay confiscate their goods. He is perpetually harassingthose persons whom he imagines to be most wealthy; andincreasing, under various pretences, the incumbrances oftrade by multiplying taxes. , . And thus commerce lan-guishes; foreigners forget, by degrees, the way to Tyre, withwhich they were once so well acquainted; and if Pygmalioninsists on a conduct so impolitic and so injurious, our gloryand our power will be transferred to some other nation, whichis governed upon better principles.—Froju Fcnelons
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