CHAP. IV. 
ARTICLES OF TRADE. 
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the women : the patterns are various ; some are very handsome, botli 
in the arrangement of the colours and in the workmanship. 
Cottons. Dark blue, called Turkedi, striped blue and white, 
red and blue, and in fact of many patterns ; amongst others, 
chequered like the sailors' shirts. All these cloths are woven in 
webs about three or four inches in breadth ; they are sewed very 
neatly together, and are excessively strong. 
Tohe, or large shirts, much varied in colours and prices ; the 
best are called Samia, of blue cotton and white silk woven in stripes. 
A female slave is considered a fair exchange for one of these shirts ; 
others are at seven or eight dollars each. White ones are also 
made, but not considered equal to the blue. The names of those 
most commonly brought are, Massaquari, Sharia, Shata, Sliinni, 
Freezy, and Abiad, or white. 
Aha. Of cotton : it is a large shawl or wrapper, used and worn 
nearly as the barracans or abas of the Arabs and Moors. These 
wrappers are always striped, and generally very handsome : they 
are called Melhaffi Zaberma. 
Gold. In dust, and small bars or rings. This precious metal 
is not brought openly, owing to the avarice of the Sultan ; and the 
amount is very small in comparison with the commerce in the time 
of the last Sultan. It is valued at about one dollar and a half the 
Mitgal, or about the seventh part of an ounce. 
Leather. Hides of sheep and goats, dyed and prepared ex- 
tremely well, of yellow, red, or black ; they are even glazed in the 
same way as morocco leather. The skins of bullocks prepared witli 
grease (of which water buckets and sandals are generally made), and 
quite pliable. Many ornamental articles in leather are also brought ; 
amongst others the Mokhadda, or pillows, which are beautifully 
made. They are mostly of red oryeUow, with figures and ornaments 
dyed in black or blue, and tassels hanging at the ends. 
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