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... originally inhabited by human beings, but only by devils and dragons, with whom the merchants of the neighbouring countries traded by barter. At the time of the barter the devils did not appear, but set out their valuables with the prices attached....

The Travels of Fa-hsien (399-414 A.D.): Or Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms - Page 67
by Faxian - 1923 - 96 pages
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The Science of Society, Volume 4

William Graham Sumner, Albert Galloway Keller, Maurice Rea Davie - 1927 - 1460 pages

...but set out their valuables with the prices attached. The merchants then gave goods according to the prices marked and took away the goods they wanted....some stopping there, the attractions of the place 1 Purchas, Pilgnmaae, bk. VI, ch. XIV, 3 Letourneau, Commerce, 314, 409. 810. 4 Forbes, in JAI, XIV,...

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