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Outside the cloth worker's shop was a bin for irregular cloths, discarded patches, strips, shreds, and such; some masters, doubtless of a thrifty sort, avail themselves of such a trove to outfit their slaves; patches, even small patches, may be sewn together, to repair, or even form, a garment, say, a tunic; to the girls, of course, any clothing is precious, even a motley, scanty rag; do not we beg for even so little, and hope that it will be granted to us by the masters; in any event, for the most part, little money is wasted on slaves; we are kept nude as the animals we are, or are inexpensively clad, muchly bared, as with tunics, camisks, ta-teeras, and such. Outside one of these metal worker's shops, on racks and poles, hung a number of slave collars, slave bracelets, manacles, shackles, siriks, mixed chains, and various slave-holding devices, such as racks and spreaders. Toward the rear some slave cages were strewn about, in one of which, perhaps for purposes of display, there was, curled within its tiny confines, a nude slave. Sometimes stairs led up to a second floor where coins might be weighed and changed, or loans made; there is no designated "Street of Coins" in Port Kar; one could ascend stairs, too, to visit one or more physicians, or, if one wished, to solicit the services of a scribe, perhaps to have a letter read or written; many Goreans, particularly outside the cities, are illiterate; these stairwells, or some alleyways, leading from the walkway, bore signs; such things are helpful for those who cannot read; a green auscultation tube commonly signifies a physician; a set of wooden coins, painted white and gold, or white and yellow, hanging from a rod, usually signifies a handler of money, one who might furnish loans, accept pawnings, effect exchanges, and such; and a dangling blue scroll, or a dangling tablet with a stylus or pen, commonly stands for a scribe, and so on. Vegetables, cereals, fish, meat, and such are most often found in the open markets, some roofed, not in the stores or shops. One shop dealt with weapons of various sorts, swords, daggers, balanced throwing knives, spears, darts, javelins, and such. There were crossbows, as well, with cases of quarrels. - (Quarry of Gor)