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0507 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 / Page 507 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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that from 3000 to 10,000 *maunds* were annually exported "from Merbát and Dhafár."
"3 to 10" is vague enough; but as the kind of *maund* is not specified it is vaguer
still. Maunds differ as much as *livres Français* and *livres sterling*. In 1844 and
1846 Dr. Carter also had opportunities of examining olibanum trees on this coast,
which he turned to good account, sending to Government cuttings, specimens, and
drawings, and publishing a paper on the subject in the Journal of the Bombay Branch
of the R. As. Society (1847).
But neither Dr. Carter's paper and specimens, nor the previous looser notices of
the naval officers, seemed to attract any attention, and men of no small repute went