THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 5S 
ata cuba for 10 paras. It is brought from near Hodeida, 
though it is fometimes found at Konfodah and Loheia. 
There are a few alfo at Dahalac, but not efteemed: thefe 
pafs for money among the Djawi and other weftern Galla. 
TueE cuba is awooden meafure, containing, very exactly,. 
62 cubic inches of rain water. The drachm is called Cafla; 
there is 1o drachms in their wakea.. 
Gold, 16-patakas per wakea.. 
Civet, 13 pataka the wakea. 
Elephants teeth, 18 patakas for 35 rotol.. 
Wax, 4 patakas the faranzala. 
Myrrh, 3 patakas: fer ditto.. 
Coffee, 1 pataka the 6 rotol.. 
Honey, + of a pataka the cuba:. 
Tue Banians were once'the principal merchants of Ma~ 
fuah ; but the number is. now reduced to fix. They are 
iccrnatie that make ear-rings and other ornaments for 
the women in the continent, and are aflayers of gold; they 
make, however,.but a poor livelihood.. 
As there is no water in Mafuah, the number of ant. 
mals belonging to it can be but {fmall.. The fea-fowl have 
nothing fingular in them, and are the grey and the white 
gull, and the fmall bird, called the fea-lark, or pickerel. 
The iky-lark is here, but is mute the whcle year, till the 
firf{t rains fall in November; he then mounts very high, and 
fings in the very heat of the day. I faw him in the Teha- 
ma, but he did not fing there; probably for the reafon 
given above, as there was no.rain,. 
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