BOOK IX.
COMMERCE.
CHAPTER I.
DOMESTIC AND INTERNAL COMMERCE OF THE
a r c h ip e l a g o .
Character o f the mercantile profession among the Indian
islanders— Rate o f profits, and interest o f money.—Foreign
resident merchants.-Modes o f commercial intercourse.—
International trade— Nations conducting the carrying
trade.— Voyages o f the Waju merchants.— Principles on
rnhichforeign trade is conducted by the natives.
I s h a l l treat of the commerce of the Archipelago
in six short chapters, under the respective
heads of Domestic and Internal Commerce, Commerce
with Asiatic Nations,—Direct Commerce with
European Nations,—Commerce with the Asiatic Colonies
of European Nations,—Description of the
principal Articles of Export,—and Description of the
principal Imports. The deep interest and import-
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