Sentence:  sattin yarn are weighed with the rottolo of Damascus, of 600 <WSD>drachms</WSD>; 100 such rottoli answering to about 410 lbs. avoirdupois... At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 <WSD>drachms</WSD>; and the oke is 400 <WSD>drachms</WSD>, and the rottolo = 180 <WSD>drachms</WSD>. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois. At Tripoli, the cantaro weight contains 100 rottoli, each of 6 ounces, or 128 termini; this cantaro answers to 168 lbs. peso sotile of Venice, or about 12 lbs. avoirdupois... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (nodot=a): a small former Turkish weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).