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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[AUGEST, 1913.
VI. Thomas Bowrey, Malay Dictionary87, 1701.
10th Dialogne.
(1) Achee. 16 Miams make 1 booncal 20 booncal
1 cattee 100 cattee
1 pecool 2 pecool
1 babar Malayo The bahar contains of English averdapoiz weight : 896 l. 11 oz. 14 gr. The booncal contains of troy weight : 1 ox. 8 du. 23 gr.
The aforesaid is the Malayo weight, bat they also use the China dachin or stilliard for great weighte, which is locounted so:
10 coonderin make 1 mas 10 mas
1 tial (tahil, tale] 16 tial
1 cattee 100 cattee
· 1 pecool 8 pecool
1 bahar Malayo The China pecool contains of English averdupoiz weight : 131 1.13 oz. 12 dx. Tbe tial contains of Troy weight : 1 oz. 4 dw, 1 gr.
(2) Bamjarmasseen. The weights used to weigh gold and silver is accounted 80 :
8 matabooroongea make 1 telae [těra, tra : Chinese pron.] 6 telae
» 1 mas 16 mas
, 1 tial The tial contains of Troy weight: 1 oz. 8 dr. Ten mas is accounted a dollar weight, but if the dollar wants 4 telae it is passable. One mas weigbt of gold is accounted the same value as a silver dollar; if so, 10 m28 weight of gold, or one dollar weight of gold, is valued at ten silver dollars, bat men may bay gold cheaper. The dust-gold is near equal in fineness to English gold. For great weights they nse the China stilliards.
(3) Saccadana. The weights used to weigh gold and silver is accounted 80 :
3 mata booroong make 1 telae 6 telae
1 mas 16 mas
1 tial For great weights is used the China dachin or stilliard. The tial contains of Troy weight, 1 oz. 12 dw. 13 gr. The price of gold is 16 dollars a tial : its fineness is near as English gold.
(4) Passeer, The weights used to weigh gold and silver are accountod so :
3 matabooring make 1 telae 6 telae
1 mas 16 mas
1 tial
A very rare and practioally unknown book. Two copies in the British Museum. . (?) Misprint for 8 peccol.
a Mataburung, bird'. ayo: abrwe seedOr. Milburn, Oriental Commerce, 1818, Vol. II., p. 415, where matabooroong becomes malabooroong and telas become tua (tha), wbioh, when written by a Chinaman, representa téra.
" This means that the ratio of gold to silver ww in the latter part of the 17th century 10: 1 or lone. For ratio of gold to silver in the Far East at various periods noe ante. Yol. XXVI. p. 310.
