Indian Antiquary Vol 62

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ MARCH, 1933
India to purchase diamonds with, so you will have two strings to your bow, either to let out your money on the bottom of ships or invest it in diamonds as you see fitt; they must be very good in their kind, but I believe if you send home on respondentia, it will be the best way. Their are abundance of ships gon for Brazile and so to India ; those will be happy that can escape them. I hear they design to make Mauritius their rendezvous.() I fear they will do you much mischief in India.
The Company this year send out 17 ships for all parts of India. I wish them good success. The Bridgwater comes to China and so round about for Fort St. George. What she will be able to make of it we know not.
ROB : NICHTINGALE.
[NOTES ON DOCUMENT No. 106.1 (1) Not among the Papers.
(2) The allusion is to the search following the seizure of silver at the time of the Bonita's departure. Seo p. 178, Document No. 80.
(3) The pirate ships of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries used Mauritius and Madagascar for careening and refitting their ships.
Francis Chamberlain, the Bonita's chief owner, confined his remarks to the ship and her trade and showed himself still incensed with the supercargoes.
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London the 18th December 1719. Messrs. Scattergood and Harris, Sirs,
Wee are favourd with yours of the 8th July from Fort St. George and the 15th Novem. ber from Canton in China last year, which is very acceptable newes to us. Your touching at Trimombar was very prudently done,() considering the storm you went out in from Portsmouth,(?) which affaire as you have been advised, has been recover[e]d, tho' at a very great expence as well as trouble and wee cannot yet say the cause is fully concluded. We are very glad you found such favour with the Governor,() and by his assistance and countenance to gett your passage to China that year was all wee could hope for, and your prospect of a continuall employ in the same voyage yearly gives us great hopes of a future success. And since your ship proves soe to satisfaction, wee will not doubt but you will every voyage have a large cargoe under your care, which will be for the advantige of the owners.
You advise us your Madera wine came to a good markett, which is alsoe acceptable newes, tho the account not yet adjusted ; and that you had bought 200 candy pepper and 100 candy lead, but you think not propper to lett us know at what price you bought either of those comoditys, for which wee can't but think] you remisse, as allsoe not particularly ad. viseing whither that all your cargoe you took in at Madrasse, whither any addition was made to your stock or you tooke any money on fraight. We can't but desire and require of you that you hence forward be as particular as possible to us, sinc[e] you are not concerned one penny in ship or cargoe, but only your private adventure, which has very much surprised us all, since your departure, each of us supposing you both concerned with us : but wee are very much surprised to find either of you talking of comeing home the first ship. This wee hope will meet you at Canton on your third voyage thither, and that you have been attended with success. The pepper trade as you mencion gives us great hopes of a profitable voyage, and wee doubt not but you have each trip made provission accordingly in that commodity.