Note 32 — Chapter IV · HABITS AND CUSTOMS.
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The oock’ckah is = 400 dir’hems, is from 3 lb. 3 oz. 13¾ dwt., to 3 lb. 4 oz. troy; or from 2 lb. 11 oz. 8 dr. 18¾ gr., to about, or nearly 2 lb. 12 oz., or 2¾ lb. avoirdupois. Vide Lane’s Modern Egyptians, Library of Entertaining Knowledge, appendix, p. 578.—Tr.