THERE commonly comes thus every Year to _Egypt_, from sixty to seventy thousand Bales of _Coffee_; which may contain, one with the other, about three hundred weight each. THE Bashaw of _Cairo_ sets a Price upon it, according to its Abundance or Scarcity, and the People there make use of it as Money in the Market, counting so many Berries to an [B]Asper, in proportion to the Value or Price settled by the Bashaw. BUT that Sort, which we have under the Character of _India Coffee_, is bought at _Bettelfukere_, where the _English_, _Dutch_, and _French_, of late Years, send up Factors to buy the said Commodity, and bring it on Camels to _Moco_, from whence it is shipped for _Europe_. By which means (although it is obliged to pass the Line twice) what we now have that way is little inferiour to _Turkey_; which was formerly the Refuse, or what the _Turks_ left at _Bettlefukere_. THE immense Quantity of this Fruit, which is yearly exported from this one Country to other Parts of the World, is almost incredible; which, as we are informed, is computed to be about a Million of Bushels, one Year with another: and although it may seem unreasonable to believe, that this Country alone should produce it in so great abundance, (considering how small a Quantity can be gathered from each single Tree) yet with as much Surprize we may admire how it is possible, that even the Number of Bushels I have mentioned should be sufficient to answer the vast Demand for it; since it is certain, that besides the general Esteem it has gained all over _Europe_, it is not less requested throughout _Africa_ and _Asia_, to their utmost Bounds. HENCE we may reasonably conjecture what vast Riches must be amass’d by these _Arabs_, seeing they are the Proprietors of this Commodity, and thereby command so great a Part of the Wealth of the most opulent Countries. This part of _Arabia Felix_ is truly (as Mr. _Ray_ observes) φερώυμος, and merits the most happy Name for its Fertility in rich Produce. I admire, continues that Author, how so great a Treasure has remained so long peculiar to one Country, and that neither the Envy nor Avarice of its Neighbours have tempted them to share in this great Advantage! But so prudent are its Masters, that on no account will they suffer either Plant or Seed of it to come alive out of their Dominions; taking great care to destroy the germinative Faculty of those Berries they send abroad, and inflicting the most severe Punishments on such as shall attempt the Transportation of any Plants of it.