pikul

Hoo amungst us cud nawt njoi a nais cheez nd pikul samij abowt naow?

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Slaves of one master can, with their owner's consent, marry, and no _brihan_ is demanded, but if they belong to different masters, the woman's master is entitled to a _brihan_ of one pikul, equal to $20 or $25.

British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884

If an _anak mas_ girl marries a freeman, she at once becomes a free woman, but a _brihan_, or marriage gift, of from two to two and a half pikuls of brass gun -- valued at $20 to $25 a pikul is payable by the bridegroom to the master.

British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884

They were the sole planters of the pepper gardens, the monopoly of the trade in the produce of which the East India Company negotiated for in 1774, when the crop was reported to the Company to have been 4,000 pikuls, equal to about 240 tons, valued on the spot at 17-1/4 Spanish dollars per pikul.

British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884

Your English companies are taking it out of the land by the pikul In the old days, before the

Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Rounsevelle Wildman 1882

The price of the tea sent to Europe varies from fifteen to sixty dollars (3 to 12 pounds) a pikul, of 134 lb. English weight.

A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

The price of a pikul of white pepper is six dollars (24s.), whereas that of a pikul of black is only three dollars (12s.).

A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

It sells at the former place for forty-five dollars per pikul, according to the degree of whiteness and other qualities.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

The ore produces half its original weight in pure metal, and is sold at the rate of twenty dollars the pikul.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

They estimate the quantity of most species of merchandise by what we call dry measure, the use of weights, as applied to bulky articles, being apparently introduced among them by foreigners; for the pikul and catti are used only on the sea-coast and places which the Malays frequent.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795