Chapter XXXII: Appendix: J

PRESENTS AND BARTER

Articles found to be in demand during the cruise of the _Terrapin_:--

ANDAMANS--

Red cotton (_salu_), clay pipes, leaf tobacco, matches, rice, sugar,
axe-heads, _parangs_, iron wire and scraps, files, long nails.

NICOBARS--

_Northern._ _Central._ _Southern Islands._
Cigars, cigarettes. Cigarettes. Cigarettes.
Chinese and Javanese Chinese and Javanese Chinese and Javanese
tobacco. tobacco. tobacco.
Matches. Matches. Matches.
Dried Fish. Dried fish. ...
Turpentine, quinine, Turpentine, quinine, Turpentine, quinine,
camphor, castor oil, camphor, castor oil, camphor, castor oil,
scent, essential scent, essential scent, essential oils,
oils, plaster. oils, plaster. plaster.
Silver(?) wire. Silver(?) wire, Silver(?) wire.
soup-ladles
Red cotton. Red cotton. Red cotton.
Cotton handkerchiefs. Cotton handkerchiefs. Cotton handkerchiefs.
Old silk hats. Silk hats, Malay caps. Malay caps.
Old clothes. Old clothes. Chinese cotton coats and
trousers, _sarongs_.
Biscuits and crusts. Rice. Rice.
_Parangs_, knives, axes,
beads, needles,
thread, soap, old
shoes.