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The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert · E.‏ Daumas — chapter 46 of 59 · ~298 words · public domain

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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

Five kate, or complete suits, for grand occasions, consisting of an oughrlila or outer garment, a cedria or waistcoat, a seroual or pair of trousers; a haïk of silk, a silken cord replacing the camel's rope; and a cloth burnous: each suit at 60 douros will make 300

Total 388 douros.

The wearing apparel of six women will consist of:

Six women's haïks, dyed with kermes 60 douros.

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