THE CARAVAN. 83 
^emioned, an immenfe quantity of Spanifh or 
german Dollars. They bring back Coffee, Ono- 
plfamum (Balfam of Mecca) Myrrh, Frankincenfe, 
-edoary, with other drugs, China ware from India*, 
htle Cotton Stuffs, Turbans, Indian Silks and Tiffue, 
0r Gold Stuffs, &c. By thefe merchants the Bey 
pins confidcrably : for the time is always fixed how 
, 0n S the Caravan is to be on the journey, and how 
j° n S it may ftay in Mecca. If the merchants cannot 
^ttle affairs within the limited time, which is very 
i ° rt > they defire the Bey to defer his march for 
t>rne days, to which he complies, provided they 
pi' him a certain fum every day, which they wil* 
ln gly do, as their profit can well afford it. 
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