He received from the Moors in exchange for them ten blacks and a quantity of gold dust.
Gold-dust is found in almost all the alpine regions fringing the great plateau.
Dredging for gold, however, seems likely to prove very profitable and gold dust is found in practically every river in the hills.
Another variety has chocolate glaze, clouded with amber and flecked with gold dust.
The produce of the Eastern Islands is also collected at its ports for re-exportation to India, China and Europe - namely, gold-dust, diamonds, camphor, benzoin and other drugs; edible bird-nests, trepang, rattans, beeswax, tortoiseshell, and dyeing woods from Borneo and Sumatra; tin from Banka; spices from the Moluccas; fine cloths from Celebes and Bali; and pepper from Sumatra.
