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divided into eight parts, called tomins. As there is n© 
fixed length or original model for the exact dimension 
of the elbow, it is difficult to find two exactly alike; but 
by an average comparison of their elbows, made with 
my European measures, I found that the draa of Mo- 
rocco was equal to 224.17 lines of the toise of France, 
or to 551 millimeters 26 centimillimeters, French mea- 
sure. 
The measure for com is called el-moude; there are 
two; the smaller is half the size of the larger. This mea- 
sure which is as defective as the draa, may be consider- 
ed as a hollow cylinder, very ill made, and equal to 
123.56 lines in diameter, and 106.29 lines in height, 
which makes 856f inches cube of the toise of France. 
Their weights are subject to as great irregularities as 
their measures; but after many comparisons, I found 
that the pound of Morocco, which is called artaU con^ 
tains 16 ounces 347 grains 40 centiemes of Parisian 
weight. 
The lowest cor \ of the country is the kirat, and the 
highest the baind 9 hi, of which the progression is as 
follows: 
& C Kirat — 4 of them make 1 flous. 
Copper - < 
C Flous — 6 of them == 1 el-mouzouna. 
El-mouzouna or blanquille — 4 blank- 
quilles = 1 ounce. 
Silver - | El-driham or ounce — 5 ounces = half a 
L ducat. 
f Half a ducat — 2 half ducats = lOounces. 
Gold - \ Metzkal or matboa or ducat, worth 10 
j ounces. 
[El-Baind 'ki — worth 25 ounces. 
All Spanish coins are current in Morocco, and I 
think that the Duro or Spanish piaster, which they call 
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