A new account of East-India and Persia, in eight letters being nine years travels begun 1672 and finished 1681 : containing observations made of the moral, natural and artifical estate of those countries ... / by John Fryer ... ; illustrated with maps, figures and useful tables.

BANTAM.

• The Bahar Banda is 100 Cattees, and each Cattee 6 l. is 600 l. Neat.
• The Bahar Malaga is 200 Cattees, each Cattee 2 l. is 400 l.
• So that 1 Cattee Banda, makes 3 Cattees Malaga; and 300 Cattees Malaga make 100 Bahar Banda.
• 22 Cattees Banda, make 1 Pecul China, of 132 l.
• 4 Pecul and 12 Cattees Malaga, make a Bahar Banda.
• 66 ⅔ Cattees Banda, make 1 Bahar Malaga.

All Commodities and Merchandizes in Macassar, by the Banda Datchin, or Weight, and from thence, are to be reduced to their proper Weight.

Pepper is sold by the Ganton, of which 225 make a Bahar Banda.

The Quoin, which is the Rice measure, 40 Great Gantons, each Ganton weighs 90 l. English, which makes the Quoin 3600 l.

A Lesser Ganton there is, whereof 20 makes 1 of the Greater.

Tortois-shell is bought by the Bahar Malaga, which is 200 Cattees, weighed by the Banda Datchin.

• 1 Cattee Banda is 4 Catt. China, which is 21 Ounces Averdupois.
• 1 Cattee Malaga, 1 ½ China.

• In Macassar
  • The Mass is 2 s. 10 d. 2/7.
  • 4 Cappans is 1 Mass.
  • 7 Cappans is 1 Dollar of 5 s.