One virtue, and one only, adorns this exclusive caste; they are courageous to the verge of madness.

I had almost omitted to state that the merchants know how to read and write, having special license and permits to do so, without which they may not correspond.

There are few books, and still fewer to read them; and these all in manuscript, for though the way to print is not lost, it is not employed since no one wants books..