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In time, hundreds of others learned how to traffic among the tribes and swap, or barter their goods, for as yet there were no coins for money, or bank bills. So they established markets or fairs, to which the girls and boys liked to go and sell their eggs and chickens, for when the wolves and foxes were killed off, sheep and geese multiplied. IN TIME HUNDREDS OF OTHERS LEARNED HOW TO TRAFFIC AMONG THE TRIBES AND SWAMP OR BARTER THEIR GOODS FOR AS YET THERE WERE NO COINS FOR MONEY OR BANK BILLS SO THEY ESTABLISHED MARKETS OR FAIRS TO WHICH THE GIRLS AND BOYS LIKED TO GO AND SELL THEIR EGGS AND CHICKENS FOR WHEN THE WOLVES AND FOXES WERE KILLED OFF SHEEP AND GEESE MULTIPLIED
rules of verse and song. Thus ages before writing was known, the Cymry preserved their history and handed down what the wise ones taught. Men might be born, live and die, come and go, like leaves on the trees, which expand in the springtime and fall in the autumn; but their songs, and poetry, and noble language never die. Even to-day, the Cymry love the speech of their fathers almost as well as they love their native land. Yet things were not always lovely in Honey Land, or as sweet as sugar. As the tribes scattered far apart to settle in this or that valley, some had fish, but no salt, and others had plenty of salt, but no fish. Some had all the venison and bear meat they wanted, but no barley or oats. The hill men needed what the men on the seashore could supply. From their sheep and oxen they got wool and leather, and from the wild beasts fur to keep warm in winter. So many of them grew expert in trade. Soon there were among them some very rich men who were the chiefs of the tribes. D THE HARP AND FIXED THE RULES OF VERSE AND SONG THUS AGES BEFORE WRITING WAS KNOWN THE KIMRE PRESERVED THEIR HISTORY AND HANDED DOWN WHAT THE WISE ONES TAUGHT MEN MIGHT BE BORN LIVE AND DIE COME AND GO LIKE LEAVES ON THE TREE WHICH EXPAND IN THE SPRINGTIME AND FALL IN THE AUTUMN BUT THEIR SONGS AND POETRY AND NOBLE LANGUAGE NEVER DIE EVEN TO DAY THE KINDRED LOVED THE SPEECH OF THEIR FATHERS ALMOST AS WELL AS THEY LOVE THEIR NATIVE LAND YET THINGS WERE NOT ALWAYS LOVELY IN HONEY LAND OR AS SWEET AS SUGAR AS THE TRIBES SCATTERED FAR APART TO SETTLE IN THIS OR THAT VALLEY SOME HAD FISH BUT NO SALT AND OTHERS HAD PLENTY OF SALT BUT NO FISH SOME HAD ALL THE VENISON AND BEAR MEAT THEY WANTED BUT NO BARLEY OR OATS THE HILLMEN NEEDED WHAT THE MEN ON THE SEA SHORE COULD SUPPLY FROM THEIR SHEEP AND OXEN THEY GOT WOOL AND LEATHER AND FROM THE WILD BEASTS FUR TO KEEP WARM IN WINTER SO MANY OF THEM GREW EXPERT IN TRADE SOON THERE WERE AMONG THEM SOME VERY RICH MEN WHO WERE THE CHIEFS OF THE TRIBES
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