Note 32 — CHAP. XV. PROVINCE OF BAHIA.

The precarious nature of the tobacco trade is evidenced by a shipment made of this article from Bahia to London, where on its arrival it was unsaleable; the agent, therefore, reshipped it for Gibraltar, drawing for the freight and charges he had paid. On its arrival in Gibraltar, it was there equally unsaleable; and, after being deposited some time in a warehouse, it was discovered to be rotten, and condemned by government to be thrown into the sea; after which the agent there had to draw also for the freight and charges that he had paid, in which was included the expense of throwing the tobacco into the sea. The shippers, no doubt, considered the termination of this speculation as unpalatable as the element to which it was finally consigned.