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Show Queer Abyssinian Currency. A peculiar "coin" Is employed for small chargo In Abycslnln. This Is no other than bars of hard crystallzcd salt, about 10 Inches long and two and a half Inches square, tightly tapering townrd tho end. Pcoplo aro very particular par-ticular about tho standard of fineness ot tho currency. If it docs not ring llko metal when struck with tho finger nail, or If It Is crackod or chipped, thoy will not taka It. It Is n token ot affection when friends meet to give each other n lick of their respectlvo "coins," nnd In this way tho valuo of tho bar Is decreased. Smaller chango Ui an a bar ot salt Is sometimes needed, need-ed, and then tho natives havo ro-curso ro-curso tn cartridges, Throe cartrlflGcn pass for ono bar of salt. |