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 146 DOMESTIC AND INTERNAL in onions, garlic, and trasi — the dealer in coco- nuts — the dealer in sugar-cane — the butcher — the poulterer — the ambulatory cook, who has a port- able kitchen — the liower-seller — the tobacconist — the vender of gambir or terra Japoiiica — the ven- der of betel — the vender of areca — the vender of wax and frankincense — the draper — the vender of cotton — the vender of cotton-thread — the vender of indigo — the vender of lac, and other dye-stuffs — the dyer — the vender of iron — die vender of Icris scabbards — the vender of kris handles — the vender of krises- — the vender of spears — the wood- merchant — the vender of gunpowder — the vender of brass and copper utensils — the horse-dealer. We perceive, in this enumeration, a very minute subdivision of employments, indicating very consi- derable commercial improvement. The principal artisans who present themselves in the market for employment are, the blacksmith — the goldsmith — the brazier — the dyer — and the painter of cotton cloths. Except where Europeans have made some impression in the way of colonization, roads, bridges, or canals, are altogether unknown. The roads are mere pathways, and the bridges but tem- porary and inconvenient rafts. In a general view, wheel-carriage for the transportation of merchan- dise is unknown. Where water-carriage is not to be had, goods are conveyed on men's shoulders, or on oxen and horses ; costly goods and difficult roads 12