460 MR park's second journey. 
was observed with nothing but antimony in small 
bits. Salt, the staple of the place, has a corner of 
the square appropriated to it* There is also a 
butcher and a beer market, both well supplied. 
Upon the whole, the arrangements made for the 
convenience of trade, and the minute subdivision 
of labour, exhibit a maturity of commercial im- 
provement, such as we could little have expected 
to find in the heart of Africa. A list is given of 
the prices which goods bear in this market ; some 
of the leading articles of which may deserve to be 
extracted. The value is given in cowries, that spe- 
cies of small shells which form the general currency 
of interior Africa. 
A musket 6000 to 7000. 
A cutlass 1500 to 2000. 
Amber, according to its various quality, 1000 to 
60, 
An Indian baft 20,000. 
Scarlet cloth, 10 spans, 20,000. 
, in retail, 30,000. 
Paper per sheet 40. 
A minkalli of gold (12s. 6d. Sterling) 3000. 
Elephants' teeth, according to size, 10,000 to 
3000. . ! , . ; Mm^^^^^ 
A prime slave (male) 40,000. 
(female) 80,000 to 100,000. 
A fat cow 15,000. 
A fowl 250 to 300. 
