to another than almost any other sort of merchandize, and they lose less of their value by being so transported. Of all the commodities, therefore, which are bought in one foreign country, for no other purpose but to be sold or exchanged again for some other goods in another, there are none so convenient as gold and silver. > In facilitating all the different roundabout foreign trades of consumption which are carried on in Great Britain, consists the principal advantage of the Portugal trade; and though it is not a capital advantage, it is, no doubt,
Que cualquier adición anual que, según puede suponerse razonablemente, se haga ya sea a la vajilla o a la moneda del reino, solo pueda requerir una importación anual muy pequeña de oro y plata, parece bastante evidente; y aunque no tuviéramos comercio directo con Portugal, esta pequeña cantidad siempre podría conseguirse con gran facilidad en alguna parte.