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Forwarding merchant, one who receives and forwards goods, taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensation from the owners, having no concern in the vessels or waggons by which they are transported, and no interest in the freight, and not being deemed a common carrier, but a mere warehouseman and agent, Story on Bailments, 509.