306 V T O ' V A G E
N u m e r a t i o n of the Negroes on the River G am b i a in A f r i c a .
Killing,
Fool a,
Saba,
Nane,
Looloo,
Owrou,
Oronglo,
Sae,
Conunte,
Tang,
Tang killing,
Emva,
Emva killing,
Emva ning tang,
One•
Two.
Three.
■Four,
Five.
Six.
'* Seven.
Fight.
.. Nine,
*Ten.
Eleven, &c*
Wwmtfi ^
‘Twenty~onet (Sc*
thirty.
They
They keep their accounts at Batavia in ftivers and dollars} forty-eight ftivers
make one rufrdpUar. The current.coin that paffes Jiere is made up of doits, dub
l e k e s , fchillings, Surat and Bengal rupees ; ducatoons, and half ducatoons, old
and new ; Spaniih dollars, German crowns, and ducats. Thefe all pafs for their
full value,
10 dqits, I dubleke ------ 1 0 4i
3 ¡lublekes, rfcHilllng — — 0 7 *
4 fcliillihas, i Surat rupee --------- * 6
10 dublekes, 8 doits, 1 Bengal rupee — 2 3
2 rupees, 8 dublekes, 1 duckatoon — 6 8
4 rupees, 4 dublekes, 8 ¿oils, 1 ducat — n 0
As for the Malays and Chinefe, they count with fawangs, fatalees, foocoos,
rupees,, anfl reals» §
8 doits, 1 awang,. or fawang.
2 awang, 4 doits, or 2 fawang, 1 arroo, 1 alee, or fatalee*
5 awang, or 2 fatalee, . 4. fawang, 1 arroo, 1 focooj or faiaco©*
% focoo, 1 rupee 5. 4 foocoo, 4. awangs, 1 real.
W E I G H T S .
100 catee, or 1251b. 1 peecol*
27 peecol — 1 coyang*
One of our midfliipmen ran away from us here, and it was fufpeded that he was
the perfon who cut off Orton’s ears.
On the 26th of December, we weighed anchor, and failed from the bay of
Batavia 1 and, on the tth of Januiry, 177t, we arrived and anchored at Prince’*
]iland,.
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