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[34] These are called imitation calicoes, from their being European imitations of the pattern and material of the cotton manufactures of India.—Ed.

[35] In Marsden's Malayan Grammar, among the letters given in the Appendix, will be found a remarkable example of these English tricks. An English captain came to the King of Tringanu, with a pretended letter of recommendation from the Governor-General of India; asked permission to enter the river to repair, and smuggled several chests of opium on shore!

[36] Expedition for the extirpation of the spice trees, undertaken in the time of the old (Dutch) East India Company.