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with a vengeance to make presents to every one who chose to tax
him in that manner.
7. I told him that you had invitations from several people to go out to
India: from Capt: Cooper amongst others, in which I now recollect that
I was mistaken; for it was Curtis - but no matter. I said that I did
not think you would go, but if you did asked him what he thought would
be the best articles for you to take out with you to make money of:
mentioning at the same time Lind's 3 watches; as also what I had
heard from Mulford of an acquaintance of his that was on board the
London who took out money.
As to money B. was for facing me out that it could be no such thing.
for the most that was to be made that way was to be made by
Dollars; & by these you get no more than £ 10 pr Cent: & it costs
5 to insure.
As to watches, he took out a pair himself that cost him 35 Ge. each.
one he sold at Madrass for 30 Ge. the other he brought back. Upon his X examination
he said that it was a time of great confusion, all the people in an
uproar on account of Ld Pigot's death. The new Governor not yet arrived,
and every body thinking of securing their property, & nobody thinking of buying.
On this account the conjunction may be rather favourable than
otherwise: for the more less they bought there, the more they will have to
buy now. B.'s ship does not sail again these 6 months: but in the
mean time the fewer competitors he has, the better. He lost £220
he says upon £800.
The best way he said for a man who has no allowance of
Tonnage (room in the Ship) is to lend his money to the Capt:n who
will give him 10 or 15 pr Cent for it (He was thinking all the
while of Company's Ships) — "If the Capt. can afford to give such
interest & yet not make a profit, why might not a passenger make that profit"?
said I. "Oh but" (says he) "The Capt: makes large assortments, & can take
bulky articles such as a Phaeton or a Whisky &c &c.
B. too came out with the observation, that Capt:ns were very different sort
of people on board and on shore.
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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