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fcarce in the Imam's country, notwithftanding the quantity 

 continually brought hither for coffee, in filver patakas, that 

 is, dollars, which is the coin in which purchafes of any 

 amount are paid* When they are to be changed into com- 

 mefhes, the changer or broker gives you but 39 inftead of 

 40, fo he gains iLper cent, for all money he changes, tha.t is,, 

 by giving bad coin for good. 



The long meafure in Yemen is the peek of Stamboul, as 

 they call it ; but, upon meafuring it with a ftandard of a 

 Stamboul peek, upon a brafs rod made on purpofe, I found 

 it 26{ inches, which is neither the Stambouline peek, the 

 Hendaizy peek, nor the el Belledy peek. The peek of Stam- 

 boul is 23} inches, fo this of Loheia.is a diftinct peek, which 

 may be called *Yemani. 



The weights of Loheia are the rotolo, which are of two 

 forts, one of 140 drachms, and ufed in felling fine, the other 

 160 drachms, for ordinary and coarfer goods. This laft is 

 divided into l6 ounces, each, ounce into 10 drachms ; 100 of 

 thefe rotolos are a kantar, or quintal. The quintal of Yemen, 

 carried to Cairo or Jidda, is 113 rotolo, becaufe the rotolo of 

 thefe places is 144 drachms.. Their weights appear to be of 

 Italian origin, and were probably brought hither when the 

 Venetians carried on this trade. There is another weight, 

 called famnzala, which I take to be the native one of the 

 country.. It is equal to 20 rotolo, of 160 drachms each. 



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* That is, the Eeek of Arabia Felix, or Yeruea. 



