I should think that the best way would be to have a committee of three officers to value them, and the saddlery; and then you might authorize him to receive your extra pay as interpreter, and to place it to Hitchcock's account.

You will find your own staff pay more than ample, here; as there are no expenses, whatever, except your share of the mess." "Thank you very much, indeed, Colonel." In the morning, Stanley took one of the little parcels from the bag and opened it.

It contained thirty stones, of which twenty were rubies, six sapphires, and four emeralds.

They seemed to him of a good size but, as they were in the rough state, he had no idea what size they would be, when cut.
There were three of the Parsee merchants.

The first he went to said, at once, that he did not deal in gems.