_Derivation of the Word "Cash"_ (Vol. viii., p. 386.).--May not the word
_cash_ be connected with the Chinese coin bearing that name, which Mr.
Martin, in his work on China (vol. i. p. 176.), describes as being--
"The smallest coin in the world, there being about 1000 to 1500 (cash)
in a dollar, _i. e._ one-fifth to one-seventh of a farthing."
If I am not mistaken, the coin in question is perforated in the centre to
permit numbers of the pieces being strung together, payments being made in
so many strings of cash.