*88 | PEARLS.
Pearls are obtained in the vicinity of Bânywwangi,
of fishing for -them- is farmed out'bydh&year, ,'as well in
kambang’an, on the south side, o f the island ; buti fh’ey;
description called seed pearls, and of little value. -,
where the^ privilège
the vicin'ity of È'ûso
'are generally of the
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i,l;'3EHAPTE‘R..V.
Commerce.—Advantageous S i t u a t i o n . -Iriterdoursé.^
< ' ImjiiXrtan'çe'^qf '* Bfrtatiiaî;hhÿahicùMr^NWiffi\Wradô^Roüds^andInlaM
-■ CatrM geC^M arkets.^lÀjimn^oji^heiCUf^se.'-^amtmg^radeï^^pmts
* i • qnda Impor-tsô^Tv'aée . with'. .the 9 'Archipelagoi -^Xhina^'Kamtrhdiha.r^-
: > Western.. India'.-1—JEuPdpA’P^Wt—JDutchÀ Comrheneial^(Reguldtit)nSi~Stâte,ôf
, ; ikeÆiccstern' Ailahdd.^AA$Qntgge& which.. tlgèypdsèbsM^&aiisës^qf the Depres-
, J sion'.éfjàhe'gâtions aridlTfMe'è- wMoh inhabit them,—Japan OEtade.1 .
F r O ^ - fhe importance “which■ thé*Bhtch,'jvM■ the,daysfof Jheir^ greatness,1;v?llie ofrfte -
aïtàchëdito; filïeir -EastJhdia*jcoriiinWfce7^dfîy'hich Batavia|y?as
M&fi^and the 'importance whitffthis cdmoeerchf&pfiferïe^^
thé dësîrë'èxcited' in the ' éther- nafetfîrs to obtain aml^i^itsîadvanta|eâÇ'
àhd the crîm‘ésHeofnmîttè(f ',to ' maintain its^ndi^ided"mohôpoly,^Soràe;idea
>inay 'be formed of its magnitude and value. 'When. 't^Frenctettoops, in1„
flîd^uriiiriêrl!Ï%R^î'^?>ùnder < Eouis* XlV, had fov0Erun.- thejtterfitOJy».^ of
HtxHafi'dV'wïth thé rapidity and irfhsistiblei forced óf;the, *Se'â .after ^bursting
the dyke‘sfftHe^fefepûBli<idôïm^eU'.th.e; magnanimous resolutiöifbf transporting
its health, its enterpriser1' and its subjects, to/ another11fe^fâphere, rather
than sulaihittio theWëffHs?fti~ïthV, con|üerbrp apd fixedupdriBataviaf;already .
tKërseât of its eâstêrnlcommer’ce,.' asfthe capital of-itadnew empire.. They
could- have°ffej^f^ shipping' in their-own ports1'-' forrïhétdfanspOrt .ofii fifty
thousand 'fafnilieS\; their ’ country was iüÖndafed’ with the ocean*'or in
p^iiession of the irivader ;%ifeir? power ’ and poMcalh iftijipïtân'e'è ^consisted
ihjt&eir fleets-and chlpriies, ; and hàvingheè^accùstQmedrdp^maihtainfthejrf
naval shpferidritÿdaÿ the ' fruit's*'of their 'Eastern trade, ahdttopuy the com ,
of Europe with the slices ’ of Ithe fMohiccasFth&y would^h Avéxfelt-.le'ss from
a renioval ofj{th'eir^sêal ;of empiré from'the', nbfth'of Europe to •'•the : south.
o f A®aJ,^thah anÿ peopleVisVhô'' êve'r' cotîtemplated ' a similar^'change;* ^whilé,’
at-the'saine time, the very project bf such' ah extraordinary emigration,-, and
' ■ the I