What time they left the Coaft I cannot fay j btft the cargoes of
both veffels were fold at Canton the 4th of April,- 1787, and conn
lifted of the following furs, viz.
Prime fea-otter ikins 55
2d ditto ditto I 34
3d • . . . . 142
4th . . . .
In halves . . . 46
Smaller pieces . 33
Pieces of yellow and inferior 131
604 fea-otter Ikins
Sold on an average at forty dollars each. Total amount, 24,000
■ dollars 5 the remaing four Ikins being included in the bargain.
From this account (as it correfponds with that given by Mr.
M'Key) k fhould feem that thefe veffels procured the whole of
their furs in King George’s Sound, and that no other part of the
coaft afforded them a Angle fkin.
The fnow Nootka, Captain John Meares, was fitted out at Bengal
by a fet of Gentlemen, who ftiled themfelves the Bengal Fur
Society, and failed from thence in March, 1786. I have already
given thee an account of this veffel’s deftination, and her arrival at
Macao. The cargo of the Nootka was fold at Canton the 4th of
laft month, and confifted of the following furs, viz.
50 prime
Dollars.
5° prime fea-otter ikins ibid for 70 each.
52 2d ditto . ' ’ 5° do.
58 3d ditto. . : r:- ; 35 do.
31 4th ditto large, half worn 20 do.
5° 5th ditto, worn ikins !5 do.
26 old and very bad 5 do.
267
12 large pieces and flips fea-otter 10 do.
17 fmaller ditto 5- do.-
37 fea-otter tails '2; do>
31 inferior ditto 39 do..
48 land otter, bad and good 1 6 do.
: 14 very bad beaver ikins. ... ^ 3 do.
a j martens . , ; ■ S 14
Befides the above, Captain Meares-
fold 50 prime fea-otter ikins at
Canton, at . . - 9 1 each
Dollars.
9,030
205
i f
9,692.
4>55°
So that the total amount will be 14,242
and may be called 357 fea-otter Ikins befide the refufe,
1788.
February.
Every