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Coral. Morgian Teddoo, small coral in strings, in beads, in the 
rough, and in necklaces. 
Needles. Four of which purchase a fine fowl. 
Silks. Damask, and all light silks of a gaudy colour : if they 
have flowers worked on them, they sell much better ; sewing silk, or 
raw silk, and ribbons of various colours. 
Red cloth, of a coarse kind, and brings an equally high price 
with the kerseymere we had with us. Salisbury flannels would 
sell very well. 
Red shawls. As turbans, and a few having fine borders, which 
are sold to the chiefs. Our imitation shawls would be highly 
prized : the more red they had in them, the better. 
Copper pots and kettles, tinned inside. 
B7'ass basin. If a little ornamented, so much the better. Flat 
ones are preferred. 
Looking-glasses. In stamped brass and other gaudy frames ; 
and a small kind in little brass boxes called Lamma in Tripoli, are 
much admired. 
Swords. Very long, straight, and double edged ; bought gree- 
dily by the Tuarick. 
Gtms atid pistols. Seldom taken, as they are not easily carried 
in bales. 
Morgoom. Which is the long striped carpet, made by the 
Arabs near Tripoli, and at Mesurata on the sea-coast. 
Turkey carpets or rugs, of about six or eight feet in length and 
three in breadth, caUed Sejaada. 
Kaftans, of silk and cotton in stripes, or red cloth, as gaudy and 
cheap as possible : these meet with a ready sale. 
Caps, of the manufactory of Tunis, long, and having large tassels 
hanging from the crown. 
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