1 disposed of with considerable profit. For that purpose, I called
2 on one of the principal houses which dealt in sable skins, where r
3 had 'he opportunity of making; the personal acquaintance of
4 tin governor of the place, whom I met by accident. 1 made a
5 bargain in his presence, the merchant engaging to be content
6 with i profit of ten per cent. This induced me to purchase to a
7 considerable amount, which I immediately paid, after having
8 received the goods. During these transactions, the governor
9 asked my interpreter who I was, whence I came, and whither
10 1 was going. Having got satisfactory information, and having
11 learned at the same time that I was in possession of a beautiful
12 horse of tin- finest breed, he requested me to show it to him when
13 it arrived. When I ieft the merchant, my interpreter told me
14 that the sahle-dealer wished that none should be acquainted with
15 our arrangements, and that he would send me, the following
16 rooming, a man who knew well how the skins ought to be
17 packed. This circumstance created in my mind a suspicion
18 of his dishonesty. To ascertain the fact. 1 went early on the
19 following morning to a merchant whom 1 knew, and com¬
20 municated to him my impression. After having examined
21 ihe skins, he declared there was not a doubt about my
22 having been cheated by the dealer, and he himself offered
23 to supply me with the same quality of article for half the
24 price which T had paid. He advised me to go instantly to
25 die merchant, and propose to him either to add a portion
26 more of sables, or that I would make him a present of the ten
27 per cent., and he should take back his goods, and return me my
28 money. But he was not willing to yield to either one or the
29 other, so 1 could only follow the advice of my friends, and in¬
30 form the police of tile fraud, in order to get back my money.
31 bilst at the police-office, I was, to my surprise, arrested
32 bv an order of the governor, and taken before him. The first
33 inquiry he made was about my passport; I produced it, and
34 after a strict examination of its contents, he began to question
35 mo, why I had let seven days pass without having presented it
36 to the legal authorities? I simply replied, that living in a public