Instead of being foreclosed and immovable, it is, in fact, the only species of landed property that is essentially moving and circulative.

PERSIA. / In this empire of Asia, accounts are kept in tomans, each toman consisting of 1000 dinars-bisti, each of which is 12 dinars. The toman is divided into 50 abasis, 100 mamudis, 20 zaejiers, 1000 dinars-bisti, 2000 kabesquis, or 10000 dinar*. ... Silver monies are generally reckoned by bags of 50 tomans, or 2500 abasis, 100 mamudis of Avesa, or Avisa

Her labyrinth-like ţurns, and mad meander'd trace[…]

Dense fogs followed; and early one morning, the city was shrowed in almost Egyptian darkness.