the steward or keeper of a CARAVANSERA. He keeps an account of all the merchandises that are sold upon trust, and demands the payments of the sums due to the merchants for what has been sold in the caravansera, on the seller's paying two per cent.

CARAVEL; thus they call a small vessel on the coast of France, which goes to fish for herring on the banks. They are commonly from 25 to 30 tons burden. Those which are designed for the same fishery in the British channel are called by the French trimarins; these are from 12 to 15 tons burden.