184 TORNEA. 



The townsman thinks it is himself who 

 cheats the peasant, but I verily beheve he 

 is the party who is cheated, 



1. The general plan of traffic here is 

 bartering one article for another. 



2. The merchant generally carries his 

 goods home to the peasant's residence in 

 the country, at whatever distance it may 

 be, or else conveys them to the fair, from 

 whence the purchaser is to fetch them. 



3. When a townsman sets up trade as a 

 merchant, his principal aim is to get as 

 many country-people to connect themselves 

 with him as possible, who are to supply him 

 with their produce. These are termed 

 Gieid-honder, or creditors. 



4. The advantage the peasants have in 

 thus confiding to the merchant the whole 

 of their goods, is, that the latter pays their 

 taxes for them to the collector, which must 

 be done either in ready money, or bills of 

 exchange. 



5. When the merchant receives the goods 

 from the countryman, no price is fixed upon 



