The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . &MMM^SM^\ VY>/i;. ^£^J >2- • </,Ma,:, .,,., „, ,,^_n. V v-<//,/ ?r^yi,.,^ s»-«r!t;i}i»v;-*jft-/j From the log of the Hercides, showing the beautiful penmanship with whichCaptain Carpenter adorned his sea journals .( Logs from the Mysterious East officers will goon board to search your ship. Endeavour tofind out the day they intend to visit you and make some littlepreparation to give them a good reception. This businessbeing over, you will go with them to the Prince and settle theduties
The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . &MMM^SM^\ VY>/i;. ^£^J >2- • </,Ma,:, .,,., „, ,,^_n. V v-<//,/ ?r^yi,.,^ s»-«r!t;i}i»v;-*jft-/j From the log of the Hercides, showing the beautiful penmanship with whichCaptain Carpenter adorned his sea journals .( Logs from the Mysterious East officers will goon board to search your ship. Endeavour tofind out the day they intend to visit you and make some littlepreparation to give them a good reception. This businessbeing over, you will go with them to the Prince and settle theduties which will amount to about thirteen per cent. Theyhave no coin at Pegu. Their pieces of metal money are all indifferent shapes and values as in China. The voyage of Captain John White of Salem in the brigFranklin to Saigon, Cochin China, while somewhat later intime than Captain Carpenters trading adventures at such pic-turesque ports as Ba,ngoon, was also the undertaking of a pio-neer navigator, and belongs with the same era of activity. Itwas much easier, however, to have dealings with the Mahoon
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