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  • Indian cotton stuffs imported from Souakin; a few silk and cloth dresses from the Hedjaz, which are worn by the chiefs, who seem to be extremely fond of gaudy showy dresses, as a mark of distinction; some coffee-beans; but above all, Reysh, or Indian agate beads.

    Travels in Nubia 2004

  • Bedouin merchants take camel-loads of coffee-beans by this road to

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • Arab and Bedouin merchants, who travel in time of peace to Yemen, principally to Mokhowa, from whence they import grain, coffee-beans, and dried grapes.

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • Nedjed pass continually through this district in search of coffee-beans, and during the Wahaby dominion there was no other intercourse between Yemen and the northern provinces of Arabia.

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • In a row of eight or ten shops are sold rice, onions, butter, dates, and coffee-beans, at thirty per cent. in advance of the Djidda market-price.

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • In the gardens fruit can be bought with coffee-beans as well as with money; and the fondness for tea in England and

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • The course of the Arab ships being usually close by this island, the crews often despatch a boat with a few measures of corn to those people, or some butter, biscuits, and coffee-beans, because they consider Sheikh Hassan to be the patron of these seas.

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • When I arrived at Djidda, coffee-beans were at thirty-five dollars a hundred-weight; three weeks after they fell to twenty-four dollars, in consequence of the peace between England and America, and the expectation that

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • This country produces not only enough for the inhabitants, but enables them to export great quantities of coffee-beans, corn, beans, raisins, almonds, dried apricots, &c.

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • She and Harry were putting away some things that had come from the shop, and she was now filling a tin with coffee-beans.

    Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I Various

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