The Book of Commerce by Sea and Land

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Excerpt from The Book of Commerce by Sea and Land: Exhibiting Its Connection With Agriculture, the Arts, and ManufacturesBut to form a more definite conception of the subject, let a person pass through one of the streets in Boston, New York, or Philadelphia, devoted to the retail trade. Enter for instance a single shop, devoted to one class of goods - h'ow great is the variety! If the goods are groceries, there are sugars from Louisiana, and the West Indies, teas from China, figs from Smyrna, oranges and lemons from Portugal, Wines from France, pepper and spices from the islands of the Pacific, and a multitude of other things, some from one hemi sphere, and some from the other, some from climes where the sum mer never ceases to shed its prolific in¿uences, and some from regions of snow and frost, where winter {holds perpetual sway: some. Are sent to us by nations or tribes, who haze carried the arts to the high est pitch' of perfection, while others are supplied by half civilized men, or perhaps by wandering savages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.