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The Traditional Economics

        cooking bul only for making coffee and lea, and as embers for the
        incense-burner. In a well-off household where guests were expected
        frequently, the coffee pots, for several are required for the best result,
        would be kept hot all the time on the charcoal embers contained in a
        metal tray.


        8 Conclusion
        In the settlements of the Trucial Stales the few locally-made items
        were almost all consumed within the community itself. There was no
        surplus of resources from which to manufacture exportable goods. A
        quotation from Lorimercan be used to summarise this chapter on the
        traditional economy and lead into the next chapter on the social
        implications of this situation. “In face of the facts it does not seem
        unreasonable to hold that all sources of profit here are subsidiary to
        pearl diving, and that if the pearl banks were to fail this coast would
        shortly be depopulated."01
























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