The three eat together, and the merchant gathers pieces of ivory in a few baskets. He has recently returned from a trip to Nubia, and has to sell his goods at the market. Wait until you're older. The merchant goes to the village market. In a large open square, men crouch with baskets of vegetables, fish, figs, cups, cloth of cedar, ebony wood, panther skins, and on special days giraffes, baboons, or lions.
Many men wear pouches slung over their shoulders, and crowd around the venders.
A woman looks at fruit, and holds a child by the hand. The merchant finds a clear spot and sets down his baskets. Some men gather around him, and touch the ivory. After some other exchanges, the merchant gets a cooked fish and dates from a vendor beside him for his main mid-day meal. At the end of the day, the merchant has no more to trade, and returns home to his family.