08 ORIENTAL COMMERCE. [lied Sea, 



or Europe, is first brought by laud to Mocha ; that designed for Judda, is 

 shipped at Ilodeyda. 



Duties on coffee are of two sorts — the inland, paid at Beetlefackie, on 

 all consumed in the kingdom, as well as exported ; and the foreign duty on 

 that sent abroad, of which the quantity is immense. The inland and foreign 

 duty, camel-lure to Mocha, and charges on shipping, amount to about 20 

 Spanish dollars the bahar. 



Coins. — All foreign coins pass current here; and as coffee is always 

 paid for in ready money, various kinds are met with. Payments are mostly 

 made in sequins and Spanish dollars. Thecommassee is a small copper coin, 

 containing a little silver, and used in small payments. A Spanish dollar is 

 worth from 40 to SO comtnassees. 100 dollars in specie are equal to 1^1 \ 

 piastres of account: hence this piastre may be valued at 3s. 8|d. 

 sterling. 



Accounts are kept here in piastres or Mocha dollars of 80 carats or 

 cavears ; and also in Spanish dollars, consisting of 40 cavears. The 

 cavears are imaginary money, both here and at Mocha. 



Weights. — These are as follow: — 



15 Vakias equal to 1 Rattle 



2 Rattles I Mauntl. lbs. 02. dr. 



10 Manndi « 1 Frazil, or Fared = 20 . 6 . 4 avoir. 



40 Frazils « i Bahar = 61 &\ lbs. avoir. 



Of coffee 14 £ Vakias make a Rattle; of dates, jaggery, candles, and 

 iron, 16 Vakias make a Rattle. The latter weight is only used in the 

 Bazar. 7 Frazils in Mocha are equivalent to 10 Frazils in Beetlefackie. 

 A bale of coffee is 14 Frazils, and the allowance for tare, 8 Maunds. 



A Tommond of rice contains 40 Kellas, and weighs 108 lbs. 

 avoirdupois. 



Cotton is sold per Harraff, an imaginary money, 9 of which are equal 

 to 11 y Mocha Dollars, or Piastres of account. 



The weights at this place are seldom exact, though annually rectified by 

 the Imaum's shroff. 



Measures. — These are as follow : — 



Cloth Mi .w hi . 

 The Covid is 18 inches, English. 

 The G112 is 26 ditto. 

 The long Iron Covid is «? ditto. 



Li«L'ii> Measure. 

 1 6 Vakias are equal to l Noosfia. 

 8 Noosfias i 1 Caddy. 

 The Caddy, or Gudda, contains 

 nhout *J Gnllons. 



