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Wilkinson, John Gardner
Topographie of Thebes, and general view of Egypt: being a short account of the principal objects worthy of notice in the valley of the Nile, to the second cataracte and Wadi Samneh, with the Fyoom, Oases and eastern desert, from Sooez to Bertenice — London, 1835

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Chap. V.]

IN THE YEAR 1827.

285



Pias.

Fod.

Cows

50p. to 200

O

Camels and dromedaries

. 300 p. to 1500

0

Calves

80

0

Sheep

8p. to 25

0

Buffaloes

200

0

Goats

5p. to 15

0

Geese

. 30f. to 2

0

Fowls

lOf. to 0

30

Pigeons, the pair

0

20

Eggs

2 for 1 f. or 80 for 1

0

Beef, the rotl

0

10

Veal, ditto

0

10

Mutton, ditto

0

15

Hay, the donkey load

2p. to 2

20

Straw, ditto

. 2p. to 2

20

Clover, fresh, ditto

1

0

Firewood, the qantar

1

20

Timber, planks, ten feet long

6

0

Charcoal, the oka

0

30

Gypsum, the ardeb

6

0

Bricks, the 1000 .

5

0

Water-skins .

20 p. to 50

0

Ditto, bottle of leather, or zemzeme

eh . 15

0

Ditto, of pottery, or qoolleh

0

5

Dates, the rotl

. 5f. to 0

10

Henneh (Lawsonia), the mid

4 p. to 6

0

Lamp oil, the rotl

0

30

Olive oil, ditto

3

0

Nile water, the skin

. 5f. to 0

10

Books (MSS.), the qarras or quire

5

0

Boats, carriage in, by the arbed, to

Alexandria 4

0

Hire of (vide Appendix A.)





Courier to Alexandria

20 p. to 52

0

Dromedary couriers, for distance o

f about 70 miles 25

0

Soldiers' pay, the month .

50p. to 100

0

Servants', the month

5p. to 50

0

Houses

5000p. to 50,000

0

Rent, per month, from 20p. (and t

ven 10) to 100

0

Interest of money, 60 per cent, per

annum, without



security.




 
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