[91] Ibid., pp. 238–240; Swan, The Northwest Coast, pp. 164, 158, 166. [↑]
[95] Trading itself is not a drudgery, but a highly agreeable occupation. “Most of the Africans” says Livingstone (Zambesi, p. 50) “are natural-born traders; they love trade more for the sake of trading, than for what they make by it.” Bücher decidedly underrates the significance of trade among savages. [↑]
[96] So Bancroft (p. 91) says of the Aleuts: “Notwithstanding their peaceful character, the occupants of the several islands were almost constantly at war.” This is far from clear; for we can hardly imagine peaceful people being always at war with each other. [↑]
[97] Schmoller, Grundriss, I p. 195. [↑]
[98] Bancroft, p. 84; Holmberg, I p. 112. [↑]