i clicked my tongue sympathetically , forbearing to note that two shillings seemed a modest enough price for substances produced in the west indies , transported by ship to charleston , and thence carried by wagon , pirogue , horseback , and foot another several hundred miles overland , to be finally brought to our door by an itinerant peddler who did not expect payment for the three or four months until his next visit-and who would in any case likely not get cash , but rather six pots of gooseberry jam or a haunch of smoked venison .