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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
Weights used by Mahouts. 
One tola = 3 drachms — weight of one rupee. 
One scruple = ^th tola = weight of two-anna piece. 
One drachm = -|rd tola = weight of three two-anna pieces. 
One and half drachms = | tola = weight of eight-anna piece. 
Two drachms = 10 grains = f tola = weight of three four-anna pieces. 
Four drachms = I ounce = tola = one rupee and one four-anna piece. 
Eight drachms = i ounce = 2^ tolas = two rupees and one eight-anna piece. 
Two ounces = 5| tolas. 
One pound (apothecaries') = 32 tolas. 
One seer = about two pounds. 
One chittack = two ounces. 
If standard measures are not at hand, house utensils may be employed- The 
ordinary pint bottle contains about thirteen ounces and the quart twenty -seven 
ounces. 
Common tumblers from ten to twelve ounces, breakfast cups about eight 
ounces, and wine glasses two to two-and-a-half ounces. 
