and measures, and if the weights are found deficient, he punishes
the offender immediately; they have also a quintal or cwt. They
have a wooden measure called a _m'hoad_[40], equal to the small
_m'hoad_ of Barbary, where a _m'hoad_ of wheat weighs about 24 lb.
Both the weights and measures are divided into 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and
1/16.

[Footnote 35: _Kameema_ is the Arabic word for the linen called
_plattilias_. They are worth 50 Mexico dollars each, at
Timbuctoo.]

[Footnote 36: Called, in Amsterdam, _Velt Spiegels_, and in
Timbuctoo, _Murraih de juah_.]

[Footnote 37: This salt is bought at Tishet, at Shangareen, and
at Arawan, in the south part of Sahara; for which see the Map
of Northern and Central Africa, in the new Supplement to the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Article _Africa_.]

[Footnote 38: _Okia_ is the Arabic name for this piece of
money.]

[Footnote 39: Similar to the corn-market at Mogodor.]

[Footnote 40: The _m'hoad_ is no longer used in Barbary. There
is a _krube_, of which sixteen are equal to a _saa_, which,
when filled with good wheat, weighs 100 lbs. equal to 119 lbs.
English weight.]

MANUFACTURES.

The black natives are smiths, carpenters, shoemakers, tailors, and
masons, but not weavers. The Arabs in the neighbourhood are
weavers, and make carpets resembling those of Fas and of Mesurata,
where they are called telisse[41]; they are of wool, from their own
sheep, and camels' hair. The bags for goods, and the tents, are of
goats' and camels' hair; there are no palmetto trees in that
country. Their thread[42], needles, scissors, &c. come from Fas:
24 most of their ploughs they buy of the Arabs near the town, who are
subject to it. Some are made in the town. These Arabs manufacture
iron from ore found in the country, and are good smiths. They make
iron bars of an excellent quality. They tan leather for soles of
shoes very well, but know nothing of dressing leather in oil: the
upper leather comes from Fas[43]; their wooden combs[44] and spoons
come from Barbary; they have none of ivory or horn. No lead is
brought from Barbary; he thinks they have lead of their own. The
best shoes are brought from Fas.

[Footnote 41: _Telissa_, sing.; _Telisse_