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GEOGHAPHY. 



[Sect. V 



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6. Tj 



Our information respecting 

 a country cannot be complete without some knowledge of 

 its trade and commerce, and the manner and the means 



by which they are carried on 



In this respect, also, without 



ery 



tails of the resources and means of a country, the tra- 

 vellers for whom we write can add much to our informa- 

 tion by the mere recording of the facts which come under 

 their own observation. What is the nature of the trades 



led 



and by different tribes, when such exist ? Are they prin- 

 cipally employed in working up the raw materials pro- 

 duced in their own country, or those imported from other 

 quarters ? Are they workers in metal, and whence are 

 the metals obtained ? Or are they workers in leather and 

 similar materials ? Or do they sjiin and weave, and what 

 are the materials worked up in their looms—whether wool, 

 cotton, flax, or silk—and which, if any, of them are raised 



and from what other districts do 

 es when requisite ? Is their corn- 



own 



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their 



merce 



foreign 



is it carried on ? What are the principal articles of im- 

 port and export ? Wbr-re do they come from, and whither 

 are they sent ? What is the medium of exchange ? What 

 progress have they made beyond the mere principle of 

 barter ? Is money used as a medium of exchange ? What 

 coins are known? Have the natives any knowledge of 

 bullion, paper, or bills of exchange? Have they any 

 system of credit or bill-discounting ? How is commerce 

 conducted? Yihat are the means of communication 

 water or land ? If bv water, what is the nature of their 



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