Trade Matters

copal coconuts beeswax ambergris
ivory rhinoceros horn cowrie shell

(also known as blackamoor’s teeth)
always be sure to check the teeth

for a slave to snore in sleeping
is counted a very great fault indeed

make them run a little way
there should be no defect of the feet

a child worth a pound or two
in Zanzibar will fetch twenty in Persia

no-one buys an adult slave (domestic—
wild from inland is a different matter)

their masters never part with them
till they are found incorrigible

but wild slaves though saleable
are a source of lawlessness and robbery

the worst is the treacherous weather
the tedium, the wearisome monotony