D. C.

St. John's Wood, July 28. 1851.

_Ackey Trade_ (Vol. iv., p. 40.).--Ackey weights were, and I believe

are, used on the Guinea Coast for weighing gold dust: 1 ackey=20-{1/32}

grains Troy. The _Ackey Trade_ must be, I suppose, the African gold dust

trade.

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