Show queer e A abyss nian t C currency re c y pu elia loye soi imp ley A peculiar ec u r coin Is i s e employed e d tor for small charge in abyssinia this is no other than bars of hard crystallized crystall zed salt about 10 inches long and two and a halt half inches square tightly tapering toward the end people are very par nicular about the standard ol 01 fineness of the currency if it does not ring like metal when struck with the finger nail or it if it is cracked or chipped they will not take it it is a token ol 01 affection when friends meet to give each othey other a lick of their respective coins and in this way the value ol 01 the bar is decreased smaller change than a bar of salt is sometimes need ed and then the natives have to cartridges three cartridges pass tor for one bar of salt |