This is divided between the two houses, and the price they pay is from four to five dollars the picul. |
One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to twenty of one's own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one's own store. |
It takes eight cabanes measure of fresh-picked ripe berries to turn out one picul weight of clean beans. |
In the Chinese markets, a picul of Munang is worth 15 to 25 dollars. |
In these cases an industrious workman may obtain as much as one picul in a week. |
A common estimate of the average number of nuts required for a picul is three hundred. |