> Yes, but we all remember the "Clipped Cow" scam of 1612 when the
number of
> three-legged cattle traded for at market rose, soon to be followed by a
> surfeit of rather rank-smelling cattle with stitch-marks. Traced to the
> merchant Putrid Pete who was in turn discovered to be factor for a
certain
> swamp-dweller. Don't we?
Ah yes. If I recall the Woodpecker Clan of the Starfire Ridge raided
the Grey Dog Clan on the grounds that the Lismelder had permitted
Putrid Pete to operate in Lismelder tribal lands. Bastard Grey Dogs!
Jeff