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If sold to the Karankeas in retail 30,000 Light yellow cloth nearly the same as scarlet; blue not so high Paper per sheet 40 A dollar from 6 to 12,000 Or from 1L. 5s. to 2L. 10s Four minkallies are equal to L3. 3s. Value in Cowries. Ivory, the very largest teeth, each 10,000 The medium size 7,000 The smaller 3 or 4000 Indigo leaves beat and dried in lumps larger than ones fist, each 40
A woman, with common diligence, will spin from six to nine garments of this cloth in one year; which, according to its fineness, will sell for a minkalli and a half, or two minkallies each. The weaving is performed by the men. The loom is made exactly upon the same principle as that of Europe; but so small and narrow, that the web is seldom more than four inches broad.
The value of European merchandise in Manding varies very much according to the supply from the coast, or the dread of war in the country; but the return for such articles is commonly made in slaves. The price of a prime slave, when I was at Kamalia, was from twelve to nine minkallies, and European commodities had then nearly the following value:
A woman with common diligence will spin from six to nine garments of this cloth in one year, which, according to its fineness, will sell for a minkalli and a half or two minkallies each. The weaving is performed by the men. The loom is made exactly upon the same principle as that of Europe, but so small and narrow that the web is seldom more than four inches broad.
The value of European merchandize in Manding varies very much, according to the supply from the Coast, or the dread of war in the country; but the return for such articles is commonly made in slaves. The price of a prime slave, when I was at Kamalia, was from nine to twelve minkallies, and European commodities had then nearly the following value:
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