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therefore liable to acquire what Mill designates a
“scarcity value.” This supply is simply the
number she can make with her own hands. She is
not a buyer who goes into the market, and by
making large purchases can increase profits by a
proportionate increase of sales. She and all around
her, having felt the pinch of scarcity, the fear of
shoe-famine instinctively rose in her mind when
we proposed to purchase her whole stock, and
therefore she clung to the last pair and demanded
double price for it.
The odour of the huts was by no means so
repulsive this summer as at the time of my former
visit. This is probably due to the difference of the
weather.
The gaieties of Tromsö are not very numerous,
especially in wet weather, such as prevailed during
our stay here. Next to midnight sun and
Laplanders, the principal excitement is fishing for
codfish and haddocks. The time for this, as for most
Arctic dissipations, is midnight, and accordingly I
arranged with a faithful boatman, who served us
during the whole of our stay, to provide lines and
convey four of our seven to the best fishing ground
of the fjord.
The lines are made of stout whipcord coiled on
a wooden frame. At the lower end is a long
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