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from Batavia the Price of which after having paid the Duties of Import & Export is 60 R & 12 lb Sterling a Legger of 150 Galls. Wine is in vast plenty & very cheap & while I was there they began to distill a kind of Brandy which however at that time was as dear as Arrack & much inferior to it both in Strengh & goodness
Should a ship upon this Expedition be obligd to go into false bay into which the Dutch remove on the 12th of May most of these articles might be got there at a small advance occasiond by the Carriage which is very cheap & any be wanted which could not they might be brought from the Cape town either by Dutch Hoys Scoots of which there are several belonging to the Company in the Harbour or by Waggons over Land as the Road is good & much frequented at that season of the Year.
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