OF 



THE DIFFERENT SPECIES 



- ! -v : ... OF 



Gold and Silver-Coins, 



And the fmall 



MONEY 



Now current in 



TURKEY. 



Together 



With the Hiftory of the T R A D E in Five 



Sols Pieces (French Mo ney) and the 



Abolition of it. 



what Mont) ^■""■H^l Here are but two Species of Gnld-Oins current all over the Turkifh 

 cumnt in Tur- V ^ Empire ••> the one is the proper Countrey Money, the other comes 



key. out of Forein parts. The former is the Scbcrif, otherwifc called 



Sequin, ox Sultanine ; and that kind of Gold is worth at the pre- 

 fent fix Franks, French Money, though heretofore it yielded but 

 five Franks, nay came fo low as four. 



The Gold The Scheriffs come from Egypt, aud Cairn is the only City of the Empire, where 



brought to Cai- Gold is coind. That Gold is brought out of the Kingdom of the Abyfms, and 

 ro and coh y d t y s jg fa t manner how it is brought to Cairo. The quantity is not the fame every 

 thm ' year, and when the parages are (hut up, whether by War, or by extraordinary Rains, 



whereby. the Fieldi are overflown,, there comes but little Gold into Egypt, during that^ 

 time. Asfoonasthofeobftru&ions are taken away, and that there is a freedom of 

 Commerce, you (hall fee arriving at Cairo, nay at Alexandria too, feveral Abyjfms, 

 who bring in, one man, two pounds, another four, every one more or lefs, according 

 to his abilities. Thofe poor People run a thoufand rifques in their Travels, and 'tis 

 almoft a miracle, how they bring them to a period. Some of them are of that Coun- 

 try, whence the Queen of Sheba came, and which is now call'd the Kingdom of Sa- 



hour. Others come from places at a greater diftance, and they have fometimes fifteen 

 the Defarts of Arabia* If by cnance they come to fome Cottage or Hut, where they 



days journeys to make, and cannot meet with any waters to drink , but what are cor- 



rupt, and deftrudtive to health : which I found but too true my felf , when I crols-d 



.« the y 



have 



