Woollen stuffs formed the principal wealth of the country; but salt, corn, and jewelry were also important branches of traffic; while the youth of Flanders were so famous for their excellence in all martial pursuits that foreign sovereigns were at all times desirous of obtaining bodies of troops from this nation.

Bruges alone sold annually to the amount of four million florins of stuffs of Spanish, and as much of English, wool; and the least value of the florin then was quadruple its present worth.

Butt to that stuff of stuffs, that without scoff Is Camills haire or else stand further off.

Besides eatables, many had silks and stuffs woven from the fibers of the pine-apple and the banana for sale.

They had not a single domestic animal; they were acquainted with iron and gold, but with no other metal, and were clothed in stuffs of cotton and alpaca, woven by themselves.

The traders are almost all Chinese who alone possess shops in which clothing materials and woolen stuffs, partly of native and partly of European manufacture, women's embroidered slippers, and imitation jewelry, may be obtained.

The most skilful female weaver of the finer stuffs obtains twelve reals per piece; but it takes a month to weave; and the month, on account of the numerous holy-days, must be calculated at the most as equal to twenty-four working days; she consequently earns one-fourth real per day and her food.

They buy up gold, and import stuffs and other wares in exchange.

On the other hand, Catbalogan produces abaca, coconut oil, wax, balate (edible holothuria, sea cucumber), dried fish, and woven stuffs.

Guinara, i.e., stuff made of the abacá, is manufactured, as well as also some piña, or figured silk stuffs, the silk being brought from Manila, and of Chinese origin.

The value of these imports amounted in 1868 to $182,522; of which $150,000 were for English cotton stuffs.

Piña and silk stuffs are beoming quite common.

According to previous statements, Guadaloupe appears to be able to produce abacá (fiber of the M. textilis?); and Pondicherry and Guadaloupe have produced fabrics woven from abacá, and French Guiana stuffs from the fiber of the edible banana; all these, however, are only experiments.

The finest stuffs require so great an amount of dexterity, patience, and time in their preparation, and for that reason are so expensive, that they would find no purchasers in Europe where there is the competition of cheap, machine-made goods.

Before the arrival of the Spaniards the natives wore stuffs from abacá; which became an important article of export only some few decades since.

Nearly all of the food-stuffs and utensils used by the Indians may be bought here.

Furthermore, they could have found the seclusion and safety which they craved just as well in several other parts of the province, particularly at Machu Picchu, together with a cool, bracing climate and food-stuffs more nearly resembling those to which they were accustomed.

These, from the girdle upwards, go naked; but below the girdle they are dressed in silk, or fine stuffs of cotton, though some wear short cotton cloaks, after the old fashion.

The spectacle proved the most brilliant of all that I have witnessed, for the whole city had been decked with wreaths of blossoms and laurel and besides being adorned with richly colored stuffs blazed with lights and burning incense.

He found himself inside a great cavern filled with money, jewels, and rich stuffs of every kind.

She looked at hats and frocks, and touched with envious fingers soft stuffs and laces.

They contain a soapy juice, fit for washing of linens and stuffs, for milling of caps and stockings, &c., and for fulling of stuffs and cloths.

They contain a soapy juice, fit for washing of linens and stuffs, for milling of caps and stockings, &c., and for fulling of stuffs and cloths.

The bamboo fiber, yellowish white, is the choicest, but there are other colors and stuffs.

An inventory was early taken of the food-stuffs, and thereafter rations were issued alike to all, whether rich or poor.