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COMMERCE. 
1. The Riches of Egypt. 
2. The Trade. 
3. The Trade of the French. 
4. The Trade of Aleppo. 
5. The Trade of Damiata. 
6.. The Trade of Perfia. 
7. The Weights of Egypt. 
8. The Drefs or Cloathing of the Turks. 
9. Cotton. 
10. Coffee. 
11. Incenfe. 
12. To give Wine an agreeable Flavour. 
1. The Riches of Egypt. 
T HEY affure me, that Egypt pays 1000 
purfes a day to the Revenue, yet but a fmall 
part of this reaches the Sultan. * The greateft part 
of it goes td the Beys in Cairo, who govern the 
country, and 4000 men only can be draughted 
from hence in time of war. Abdulha Bafhaw, 
was by the Sultan fent to Egypt as Baihaw dur- 
ing my ftay at Cairo ; at his arrival he defired the 
Government to pay 200,000 ducats into his privy 
purfe, inftead of the moneys he had a right to 
levy hereafter; thefe were without further delibe- 
ration given him within a few hours. He like - 
wife defired Ibraim Kiaja to give him 5000 du- 
cats, which was alfo complied with : thefe iums, 
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