On the Antiquities of Prussia

...they collect juice from leaves and forest flowers, from which they fashion their wax, which are a sign of great profit. Besides those, these forests send forth certain noble skins, which are used for the trimmings of the garments of men of rank. They even sew coverlets for beds from these, and sell them for a great price. Once, merchants received these skins from the inhabitants in exchange for sheep's wool. The barbarians call these animals Gaynos, the Germans Martes; they are written by some commenting on natural history to be of the kind of wild weasels. It also provides fisheries that are not inconvenient in various places. For they take fish of every kind there, both from the lakes and from the surging sea, such as Psittas [turbot/flounder], Soles, Ling, Rumbos [turbot], Trossullos, Mullets, Haddock, Salmon, Dogfish, and others of that kind. Eels are more numerous than the rest, nor do the inhabitants consume them, except when they are dried and toasted by the sun and the air. But let us proceed to other things. These things, as antiquity possessed them, have been handed down regarding the site of the place and the yield of the lands.

THE END OF THE FIRST BOOK.