The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the DesertDaumas, E. (Eugène)
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The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert
Daumas, E. (Eugène)
Arabian horse; Sahara
Twelve loads of barley 60
Ten woollen sacks in which are kept jewels, wearing
apparel, cotton-stuffs, gunpowder, _filali_,[91]
money, etc., at 2 _douros_ each 20
Fifteen goat-skin bags to hold water 25
Twelve sheep- or goat-skin bags to contain butter,
valued each at 4 _douros_ 48
Four sheep- or goat-skin bags to hold honey, which is
an expensive article, as it comes from the Tell; at 8
_douros_ each 32
Eight _hamal_ of dates. These _hamal_ are sacks lined
with wool 64
Six _tarahh_, each _tarahh_ comprising six skins of
morocco leather; in all, thirty six skins, at one
_douro_ a piece 36
Gunpowder 30
Lead 5
Flints 4 _douros_.
Ten _mektaa_, or pieces of cotton-stuffs 20
Two _meradjen_, or vases of copper lined with tin,
with handles, to drink out of 2
Two _tassa_, or vases, also for drinking purposes 2
Two _guessaa_, or large wooden bowls for making or
eating kouskoussou 4
Six _bakia_, or drinking vessels of wood 2
A copper pot for cooking the food 2
Three _metreud_, or wooden platters for strangers to
eat from 3
Two _fass_, or mattocks, for preparing the site of the
tent, fixing it, etc., and for clearing wood 2
A _kadouma_, or small hatchet for shaping wood 1
Ten _meudjesa_, a kind of sickle for sheep-shearing 1
Two _rekiza_, or uprights of the tent 2
A _âeushut-el-zemel_, or tent with carpets, cushions,
etc., for travelling, or for receiving strangers 30
Total 741 _douros_.
The wearing apparel of five men will consist of:
Eleven white burnouses, three for the father, and two
for each of his sons: a burnous costs 4 _douros_ 44 _douros_.
Five _haïks_, at 4 _douros_ each 20
Five _habaya_, or woollen shirts 10
Five _mahazema_, or belts of morocco leather
embroidered in silk 10
Five pair of _belghra_, or morocco shoes 2
Five _shashia_, or morocco _fessy_ 2
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