then they tried furs, which is how john jacob astor got it because he was the great fur merchant and he actually founded asto state in order to trade with china. but then again, you know, the market for furs isn't that elastic. then they tried to seek. campbell's sandalwood, all these things. but they had they had no option. they had to turn to opium. and being american, they very pioneering and creative. so they went off to turkey and a new source of opium, and they opium to china. but again, for a while they were shut out the indian opium trade. but after the war of 1812, beginning 1815, they were able to enter the indian opium trade, many, many american business houses set up set up bombay especially, but in calcutta. so they very much involved in this. now, you know, what is really interesting this is that the people, the americans who got involved in the china trade and especiallyn were a very small they were a very small, tightly knit group ofern people, mainly based from all cept for a few from new york, mainly they were based in boston and it was a very small group of interco