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Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II

Note 195 — XVI.

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Captain Cheyne adds to the foregoing lists the following articles; fish-hooks, butcher's-knives, chisels, hand-saws, bill-hooks, planes, augers, piles, iron-pots, razors, needles, twine, drills, gay parti-coloured cotton cloths, cotton hose, woollen cloths, trinkets, glass beads, straw-hats, chests with lock, key, and handles, spirits. The equivalents as laid down by Captain Cheyne are as follows:—

12 hens=24sticksofnegro-headtobacco,or 4 ells of calico.

100 yams=10" ""

100 bread-fruit=10" ""

100 cocoa-nuts=10" ""

1 cluster of bananas=2" ""

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