ABSTRACT
NO mean profit is gained from this amber, primarily by the prince on whose shores many thousand barrels of it are collected each year, after which it is sold to traders in its raw state. These men, after an initial smoothing and cleansing, send it out in various forms, fresh and gleaming, over land and sea to different countries, so that those who set store by the sheen of this hardened fluid may purchase its rare beauty. For its constant accessibility in the places where it originates induces little enjoyment, or at any rate makes it fairly worthless, whereas for foreigners it remains a much coveted commodity.1
