qualah

Updated: August 23, 2026

Alert and curious, these Yankee traders explored the narrow streets of Nagasaki, visited temples, were handsomely entertained by officers and merchants, and exchanged their wares in the marketplace. They were as much at home, no doubt, as when buying piculs of pepper from a rajah of Qualah Battoo, or dining with an elderly mandarin of Cochin China.

Ralph Delahaye Paine - The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors