. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. 30O 1787- A VOYAGE TO THE to procure a freight from thence. An agreement with the Eal!- India Company was accordingly made j our furs were to be fold to their Supercargoes at a fair price, or left in their hands for them to difpofe of at a future opportunity, and they were to have a
. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. 30O 1787- A VOYAGE TO THE to procure a freight from thence. An agreement with the Eal!- India Company was accordingly made j our furs were to be fold to their Supercargoes at a fair price, or left in their hands for them to difpofe of at a future opportunity, and they were to have a certain per centage on whatever fum of money they might fetchr â No fooner were the Ikins landed at our factory, than a particu- lar account of them was taken by a fet of Merchants belonging to the Cufl:oms> and who (I underftand) give fecurity to the Empe- ror for the duty being paid : another account was taken by people- employed by Mr. Browne for that purpofe. Our (kins being properly aflbrted, the quantity fixed on to be difpofed of by Mr. Browne was 2,552 fca-otter Ikins, 434 cub, and 34 fox Ikins. The remainder of our cargo, which confifted of 1,080 beaver tails, fundry indifferent pieces of beaver Ikins and cloaks, iic^ fur feals, about 150 land beaver, fixty fine cloaks of the earlef» marmot; together with fundry racoon, fox, lynx, &c. were left to be difpofed of by our Captains in the bed manner they were able; probably for no other reafon than to furnifli them with money for their current cxpences, and no doubt expefting what they had left would be barely fufficient for that purpofe. In regard to the lale of our furs, I fhould firfl: obferve, that there is at Canton a Company of wealthy Merchants, called the Hong-Merchants, with whom our Eaft India Company tranfad all their bufinefs, and purchpfe from them the whole of the tea and China-ware fent to Great Britain. To thefe people our furs, were offered, with an cxpcuiation of their immediately taxiing' tn.
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