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I made this day a list of objects of barter: A looking-glass in a tin case, value, in Tripoli, thirty paras, purchases here two sahs of ghaseb. A common print handkerchief, value fourpence English money, only purchases three or four sahs of ghaseb. Eight drâa of fine white calico are equal to one metagal; three of which metagals is a large dollar.
There is also an abundance of herbage all along the route for camels. The salt is found in small lakes. The people amass it with the water, and make of it round cakes; the water runs away, and the cakes become hard and dry. It is then packed up in camel-loads. A large camel-load pays to the Tibboos half a metagal, or about ninepence English money.
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