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the price of his labour; and indéed a good labourer may be hired by the year at that rate. Hence there will re- main és. a-week for the labour of the man, for the re- mainder of his own ſuſtenance, the ſuſtenance of his fa- mily, and the cloathing of them all.

The diference in the price of proviſions in a county ſo ſmall as Weſtmoreland, cannot be very great. They are, however, ſomewhat cheaper in the north and eaſt Parts than they are in the ſouth parts, which are morè within the reach of the markets of Lancaſter and Liver=- pool. Beef in Kendall market, in the month of O&o=- ber 1793, was ſold at 3d. or 4d. a-pound, and a choice CUE at 420.5 M Ipres it often riſes to 6d. a-Pound. Mutton, which in ſpring often riſes to 7d. a-pound, was ſold at 3d. 35d. or 4d, Pork was ſold at ZU 4d AS all the bull calves are carried to market, veal is for the moſt part cheaper than the other kinds of butcher meat, and yet in ſpring it is ſometimes ſold as high as çd, a- pound. Potatoes brought 1s. 4d. a buſhel, or EO or 6s. a:load; in ſpring they are often ſold at nearly the double of theſe prices. Oat-meal is bought in ſome places by a meaſure of ſixteen quarts, at a price which fHudtuates from Is. 4d. to 2s, 6d.; in others by a peck of 20 quarts, which in ſummer 1793 was worth 2s. Butter was ſold from 7d. to 9d. a-pound; in winter the price ſeldom riſes above 11d.; a ſtone of 16lbs. of 20 ounces, cots 115. 6d. and a firkin of 56Ibs. neat, from 3os. to 35s. Cheeſe in the country coſts 3d. a pound, and new mill Id. a-quart, which in Kendall is contracted for all the year at Ifd.::

A turkey coſts 3s 4d. or 5s. according to its ſize; a gooſe Is. 6d or 28: or when ſold by weight 3d. a-pound; a hen from 7d. to Iod. and a chieken from 4d. to 8d. Eggs fluctuate in their price from 22d, to 6d. or even to 9d. a-dozene Ducks are ſold from 1s, 4d. to 2s. a-pair,

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