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PRICES IN THE MARKETS. 
An ox, 10,000 wadas (for riding). 
A cow, for food, 8000. 
(N.B. Cows only are eaten, bullocks being used 
for riding and carrying burdens.) 
A sheep of the first quality, 1500 wadas. 
A goat of the first quality, 1000. 
A good fowl, 100. 
A horse (of the best kind and condition), 
1,000,000.* 
An ass : he, 8000 wadas ; she, 6000 wadas. 
A zekka of ghaseb: large, 10 wadas; small, 6 
wadas. 
(N.B. When there is but little rain, a zekka of 
ghaseb consists only of two handfuls.) 
A pound of samen, 40 wadas. 
A pound of honey, 60 wadas. 
A zekka of wheat, or one handful, 10 wadas. 
A zekka of rice, or about six handfuls, is 20 
wadas. 
A canto of salt, of the weight of about a quarter 
of a cantar, is now sold for 1200, because the salt- 
caravan has just arrived ; but after two or three 
months it will fetch 2500 wadas. 
His highness the Sultan expressed the most 
ardent desire to see and make himself acquainted 
with the rum, and other strong drinks of the 
Christians, having heard from his son-in-law and 
interpreter, the little Shereef, that I had a supply of 
* 83Z. 6s. The price mentioned in a former page, viz. 100,000 
■wadas, is evidently erroneous. — Ed. 
