A Large Ship From Cambaya, Bound For _Assi_
[Acheen?] With A Large Quantity Of Opium, And To Lade Pepper In
Return,
being forced to lay-to in crossing the mouth of the bay of Bengal, was
obliged to go _roomer_
[169] for 800 miles, by which means it went to
Pegu, and arrived there one day before me. Owing to this circumstance,
opium, which had been very dear in Pegu, fell to a very low price, the
quantity which had sold before for 50 _bizze_ having fallen to 2-1/2, so
large was the quantity brought by this ship. Owing to this unfortunate
circumstance, I was forced to remain two years in Pegu, otherwise I must
have given away my opium for much less than it cost me, and even at the
end of that time I only made 1000 ducats by what had cost me 2100 in
Cambaya.
[Footnote 169: The meaning of this ancient nautical term is here clearly
expressed, as drifting to leeward while laying-to. - E.]
After this I went from Pegu to the Indies[170] and Ormuz, with a
quantity of _lac_. From Ormuz I returned to Chaul, and thence to Cochin,
from which place I went again to Pegu. Once more I lost the opportunity
of becoming rich, as on this voyage I only took a small quantity of
opium, while I might have sold a large quantity to great advantage,
being afraid of meeting a similar disappointment with that which
happened to me before.
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