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ORIENTAL COMMERCE. [Bengal to Me Malay. 



Rouni or pure Silver. 



Rounika or 5 per cent, alloy. 



Roumzec or 10 ditto. 



RoujiBsee or 20 per etut. alloy. 



Moowadzoo or 25 ditto. 



Woombo or 30 ditto. 



Any person may have his silver either purified or depreciated to what- 

 ever standard he chuses. The nearest silversmith will perform the work 

 free from charge; as the bringer by the operation must lose a trifle, which 

 the artist gains ; the small quantity of metal that adheres to the crucible, 

 being his profit. 



Weights and Measures.— -The weights are the moo, tual, vis, and 

 candy, and are thus divided : — 



100 Moos. 



loo Tuals. 

 150 Vis.... 



.equal to 1 Tual. 



1 Vie. 



. » . — I Candy. 



The vis is considered equal to 3 lbs. 5 oz. 5.33 drs., and the candy to 

 500 lbs. avoirdupois. 



Rice is sold by a measure called tayndaung, or basket ; the weight is 

 16 vis, about 53 i lbs. : it is said to be 56 lbs. 



The measures oflength are the paulgaut, or inch, 18 of which compose 

 the trim, or cubit. The saundaung, or royal cubit, is equal to 22 inches, 

 but varies according to the will of the King. 



The dha, or bamboo, consists of 7 royal cubits ; 1000 dhas make 1 

 dain, or Burman league, equal to 2 English miles, and 2 furlongs ; the 

 league is also subdivided into tenths. 



AHTiCLKS i'ilOlTUAHLF. AT RANGOON, WITH DIRECTIONS. 



Earth Oil, or Petroleum, (AfittMel, Hind., Neff, Arab ), a name 

 given to a liquid bituminous substance, which flows between stones or rocks, 

 and different places in the earth. This oil differs in tightness, smell, con- 

 sistence, and inflammability, in its several specimens. Authors have dis- 

 tinguished many varieties: the principal are naphtha, petroleum, and 

 mineral pitch. 



Naphtha is the thinnest of the liquid bitumens, perfectly fluid, colour- 

 less, of a strong smell, not highly fragrant, extremely suhtile, so light as 

 to swim on water, spreading to a large surface, and highly inflammable. 

 Uy the slightest contact of a burning body it takes fire, and burns with a 

 copious blueish yellow flame, a penetrating odour, and much smoke. 



Petroi.uum, properly so called, is in consistence next to naphtha, but 

 grosser and thicket ; of a reddish or brown colour, but so light as to swim 



