To this the Custom House seemed to oppose a fatal difficulty; but I bethought me that the baggage of so considerable a person as the Prince, is, as a matter of courtesy, passed without examination by the officers of Custom.

对此，海关似乎遇到了致命的困难。但是我想起来像王子这样重要的人的行李，出于礼貌，海关官员没有检查就放行了。