[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier) › [Travels in India (Ball)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball) › 85.3.2 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 85.3.2 Travels in India (Ball) 85.3.2 - **Language:** English ### [85.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3.2) He should take two or three persons with him, who will remain on the vessel until it is unloaded, to see that all that is landed belongs to the Company. It is especially necessary that he should take care that the people whom he takes with him do not get drunk, for it often happens on these occasions that the officers of the vessel purposely intoxicate them when they have some contraband goods to send off the vessel, which they cleverly give to the fishing boats which bring them fish and other supplies; this is done generally at night. If it is a place where there are neighbouring islands, as the time is approximately known when the vessels ought to arrive, the representative of the Fiscal Counsellor should send beforehand, as far off as he can, two or three small boats, to be on the look-out round these islands, and as soon as they have discovered the vessel, they should join her, to prevent any contraband goods being landed in the islands, to which the bribed persons might come to carry them secretly to whomsoever they are addressed. He should confiscate all that he discovers in the vessel not bearing the mark of the Company, or which does not belong to foreign merchants. He should be able to dismiss from his post the officer to whom the goods belong, if a subaltern ; but if it is one of the superiors he should give notice of it to the Chief of the Factory, who, with his Council, will be able to degrade him from his office and confiscate his salary. - [Previous: 85.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3.1) - [Next: 85.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3.3) - [Up: 85.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3.2) · Pramāṇa