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Of the Coffee-Trade. 
B Efore Monfieur Bernier^ no Author has {aid any thing worth 
taking notice of concerning the Coffee-Trade, either as it 
is in the hands of the Arabians, or of other Nations. 
when the Coffee is gathered, it is brought, fays Bernier, to 
Mocca, to Louhaia, and other Ports of the Red Sea, and from 
thence it is tranfported to Gedda or Zeyden, another Port in the 
Territory of Mecca, in little Barques for that Purpofe. A great 
deal of it is carry’d to Mecca itfelf upon Camels, to the great 
Fair which is held there yearly at the Mahometan Eafler , and the 
many and numerous Caravans which refort thither at that time, 
buy It up, and tranf]3ort it to the different Countries to which 
they belong. 
The reft of the Coffee goes from Gedda to Sue'x,^ another Port 
near the Head of the Red Sea, about two and twenty Leagues 
from Grand Cairo, Galleys and other large Barques being fent for 
it from Egypt every Y ear. 
From Suex the Caravans carry it to Grand Cairo, from whence 
it fpreads itfelf over Turkey, and fo through all the Parts of Europe. 
But fince this Drink is become fb common there, the Englifi 
and Dutch fend Ships every Year for it from the Eajl-lndies di- 
redlly to Mocca. 
Du Four adds to this Account of Bernier^ that there is at Icaft 
twenty-five thoufand Bales of three hundred weight each, carry’d 
yearly upon Camels from Suez to Cairo, to which City likewife 
the Caravans that return with the Pilgrims from Medina, bring 
ten thoufand Bales more, befides half that Quantity for Damafcus 
and Aleppo. 
Monfieur du Mont informs us of one Particular, which is very 
remarkable : It happens, fays he, pretty often, that Coffee is 
dearer at Smyrna than in Europe ^ which is owing to the great Con- 
fumption of it ,• and it is fo true, that I have feen Coffee come 
from Marfeilles to Smyrna. 
The common Price of Coffee there, is from fifteen to eighteen 
Pence, French 3 and it is the fame at Marfeilles^ from whence it 
comes, that it is fometimes fent from one Place, fometimes from 
the other, according’to the Scarcity of it in either of them. 
Thefe two different ways by which Bernier tells us Coffee is 
brought into Europe, will ferve to explain the Diftm6lion that is 
made of Turkey and India Coffee, and why the latter has not been 
cfteem’d fo good as the former. • 
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