And as an aside, he was either incredibly lucky or a master salesman because he got rich selling people things that seemed to make no sense, like mittens and bed warmers, to people in the West Indies.
顺便提一下, 他要么是运气极佳, 要么就是个销售大师, 因为他向西印度群岛的人们兜售了一些看似毫无意义的东西,比如手套和暖床器, 却因此发了财。