Young Gyfford, who was then twenty-five, appears to have been a favourite with the Governor, and had lately been given charge of the Bombay Market.

Eighteen months after his marriage, we find William Gyfford appointed supercargo of the _Catherine_, trading to Mocha.

The office was a most desirable one for a young factor.

It afforded him opportunities for private trade at first hand, instead of through agents, that in the mind of an adventurous young man quite outbalanced the perils of the sea.
In spite of small salaries, a goodly appearance was made by the Company's servants in public.

At the public table, where they sat in order of seniority, all dishes, plates, and drinking-cups were of pure silver or fine china.