The people are mightily gratified at having a tall fellow to measure the cloth for them.

It pleases them even better than cutting it by a tape-line--though very few men of six feet high can measure off their own length with their outstretched arms.

Here, where Arab traders have been, the cubit called _mokono_, or elbow, begins to take the place of the fathom in use further south.

The measure is taken from the point of the bent elbow to the end of the middle finger.
We found, on visiting Muazi on the following day, that he was as frank and straightforward as could reasonably be expected.

He did not wish us to go to the N.N.W., because he carries on a considerable trade in ivory there.