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Very few go among them on the account of traffic; for what
can a man carry to them but iron, or gold, or silver? which
merchants desire rather to export than import to a strange
country: and as for their exportation, they think it better to
manage that themselves than to leave it to foreigners, for by
this means, as they understand the state of the neighbour-
ing countries better, so they keep up the art of navigation
which cannot be maintained but by much practice.
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