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Copy of the Manifest of Cargo shipped at Mocha on board the Marian.

631 whole bales of coffee each3051bs. net.*

191 half ditto.

5 ditto, on freight.

108 whole bales of gum arabiceach 330lbs. neat.

69 half ditto, each 1651bs,

35 chests of gum amony each from400 to 450.

24 bales of gum myrrh, 330 each.4 frankincense, ditto.

33 gum mastich, whole and halfbales.

6 ditto senna leaves.

13 bales of indigo.

2 bales of gall nuts.

23 bags of salt-petre.

3 baskets of tortoise shells.

3 tons of barilla.

259 bullocks hides.

2842 sheep skins.

170 red skins dressed.

The thermometer during my stay in Abyssinia in March, April, and May,varied according to the height of the local situation ; at Chelicut it was 70,at Antalo 65, on the banks of the Tacazze 95 ; while on the mountains ofSamen it must have been below the freezing point. During these samem911ths the average of the thermometer at Mocha was 78, and duringJanuary and February at Zeyla it was 79, varying from 74 to 82.

* The coffee sold in England, in 1811, at j£l2*.10..0 and £ 13 - per hundred.