A few days later an intoxicated Swede offered, at a store, to pay for his drink in gold dust.
No, I think that they are quite aware of the value of my cargo, which consists of ivory, gold dust, and ostrich feathers.
The dead body of the old captain was carefully placed amidships, near his boxes of gold dust; that of the carpenter, Morris, beside it, for he too was dead.
Bought by a Liverpool firm, she had been thoroughly overhauled and fitted out for a three years' cruise on the African coast, trading in ivory, gold dust, and ostrich feathers.
They hold gold in so little estimation that this king gave three barchillas [107] of gold dust (for there all their gold is in the form of dust) for one string of hawk's bells.
Close to the body was the heap of gold dust, and this we began to load into our boat, making as little noise as possible lest we should disturb the hornets from their nests.
That's gold dust; Jason brought it, two thousand dollars' worth.
He had paid for some cheroots with a pinch of gold dust as they were said to do in the far West.
Sidenote: exclusive of gold dust, which is not subject to any custom-house entry] Exports from Great Britain to Africa.
If this be the true explanation, the account must have been balanced by the exports of gold dust, and the bills of exchange drawn from the British settlements on the African coast.
Gold dust is the instrument of exchange in the interior of Mindanao, and is carried about in bags for the ordinary purposes of life.
The measure of gold dustin the text seems enormous, and I am disposed to believe that instead of the large horse bell, mentioned in the text, a large hawks bell ought to be substituted.
The treasurer was but an indifferent steward for the king, but he acquired a great fortune for himself, of which he was so proud, that he caused four great salt-sellers to be placed every day on his table full of gold dust.
On his way he chased a Dutch interloper, laden with 150 pounds of gold dust, but she ran ashore on the Isle of St. Omer and fell to pieces.
The little child could have easily had his weight in gold dust, or anything else, had he wanted it.
The result of four men shovelling out of the creek bed from a cut five feet to bedrock for twenty hours amounted to fourteen thousand dollars in gold dust.
The men took the first load of gold dust to town--seventy-five pounds--but the bank was closed before they could get the remainder there.
The success of the whole business depended on the fact that brass filings, which bear a strong external resemblance to gold dust, are dissipated in the strong heat of the blow-pipe.
I drew the bill of sale, and each partner took his $250 in gold dust.
Gold dust had a standard value of sixteen dollars per ounce, and purchases were paid for in gold dust.
Gordon sends back small parcels of trade but sends a lot of gold dust to a fellow in Surabaya--old capital of Java, y' know.
Take some men and get your gold dust out of the safe.
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