The recompense ‘James’ required from the Government was three miles depth of frontage along the whole route; but the representatives of the people in Bananaland thought the offer was a bit one-sided, and declined to negotiate.

The ox-butt has been long established in Cornwall, and is a kind of cart drawn by oxen in yokes.

In the publishing industry, however, most of the product goes un- or underadvertised, and even books that publishing people consider to be heavily pushed are ridiculously underboosted by the standards of most other business enterprises.

Other women ran businesses that required reliance on a network of suppliers, sometimes of raw materials. Isobel Provand in the Canongate was a litster.