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O F 



THE DIFFERENT SPECIES 



O F 



Gold and Silver-Coins, 



And the foall 



MONEY 



Now current in 



TURKEY. 



Together 



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

 Sols Pieces (French Mo n e y) and the 

 Abolition of it. 



what Monty M^mm^mmmmm ^ £rc are ^ ut two Species of Cold-Coins current all over the ïurkifb 

 current in Tur- W i Empire -, the one is the proper Countrey Money, the other comes 



y * out of Forein parts. The former is the Scberif, otherwife called 



Sequin, or Sultanine i and that kind of Gold is worth at< the pre- 

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

 five Franks, nay came Co low as four. 



ThiGold The S cher iff s come from Egypt, aud Cairo is the qnlyCity of the Empire, where 



brought to Cai- Gold is coin'd. That Gold is brought out of the Kingdom of the Abyflines, and 

 Ibere. ^ s * s f ^ e manner h° w lt ls brought to Cairo. The quantity is not the lame every 



year, and when the paffages are (hut up, whether by War, or by extraordinary Rains, 

 whereby the Fields are overflown,, there comes but little Gold into Egypt, during that 

 time. As foon as thofe obftruétions are taken away, and that there is a freedom of 

 Commerce, you thall fee arriving at Cairo, nay at Alexandria too, feveral Abyjfines y 

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

 to his abilities. Thofe poor People run a thoufand riiques 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 Sbeba came, and which is now call'd the Kingdom of Sa- 

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

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

 rupt, and deftru&ive to health : which I found but too true my felf , when I crofs'd 

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



have 



