1 -- 2
Figs, raisins, almonds, nuts, rhubarb,
oil, honey, soap, olives,
and red pepper, per quintal 2 -- 12
Wheat, barley, oats, rice, and bean,
per measure 1 -- 6
Straw, by the nett 1/4 -- 1
Pomegranates, amber-wood, %c., per quintal 1 -- 4
Bees-wax and candles, per ditto 14 -- 26
Ostrich feathers, per lb. 2 -- 16
Ivory, copper, sandrach, chohob,
and gum arabic, per quintal 5 -- 15
Indigo, per ditto 1 -- 10
Goat skins, per quintal 4 -- 8
Beef ditto, per ditto 3 -- 6
Lion and tiger ditto, each 4 -- 12
Common tanned leather,per quintal 1 -- 5
Morocco ditto free -- 5
Wool and hemp, per quintal 3 -- 6
All shoes and slippers,per hundred pair 4 -- 10
Moorish caps, per ditto 4 -- 10
Mats, each 1 -- 5
Mules, ditto 10 -- 50
Asses, ditto 5 -- 10
Silk alhaiks, ditto 2 -- 5
Haiks of other kinds, ditto 1 -- 3
This is a correct translation of the agreement, and tariff, settled
eleven years ago, between the present Emperor Muley Solyman, and the
late Consul-general Mr. Matra. Having laid this before His
Excellency, I was so fortunate as to prevail on him to request the
Emperor to renew it, and to grant an increase of fresh provisions,
during the war, to the fleet off Cadiz, and to the garrison of
Gibraltar.
It is impossible to doubt for a moment, at at whose instigation it was
that Ash-Ash behaved in this infamous manner. It is certainly the
interest of the French nation to prevent, if possible, our receiving
supplies from Barbary; consequently we cannot wonder that every means
should be employed to accomplish this end, and Ash-Ash is certainly
the fittest instrument, from his hatred to the English: fortunately,
however, he is not a free agent. My friend, and the friend of the
English, the good Governor of this place, referred the whole to the
Emperor, who has very satisfactorily adjusted every thing to our
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