but they are more tender than the Lancaſhire and Stafford- ſhire; which, on that account, are in general preferred. The price of the Holderneſs, per head, is from ten to twelve guineas, at leaſt at Iſlington, where a freſh ſupply from Norkfhire, is regularly expoſed to ſale.

From what I could obſerve, the milk is delivered, en- tirely free from adulteration, to the people who retail it in London; and as they have it unadulterated, at the rate of three-farthings a pint, and retail it at three-halfpence, their profit is furely ſo great, as ought not to tempt them to any adulteration. But when it is confidered, how much their milk is lowered by water, and other worſe mixtures, it is matter of regret, that no method has hitherto been fallen upon, to prevent the abuſes, ſo juſtly complained of, in regard to this very neceſſary article of life*. This is an objec, well intitled to the particular conſideration of thoſe who ſupply the metropolis with milk, as it cannot be doubted that the generality of the inhabitants of London,

* Not ſat'sfied with the profit above ſtated, which, conſidering the differ- ence of meaſure, is above one hundred per cent. it is a common practice with the retailers of this uſeful article, to carry the milk firſt home to their own houfes, where it is ſet up for half a day; when the cream is taken from it, at leaft all that comes up in that time, and it is then ſold for new-milk;— dy which means, what is delivered in the morning, is no other than the milk of the preced ing afternoon, deprived of the ercam it throws up by ſtanding dur- ing that time. By this means a farther conſicerable profit accrues to the retaller; and the milk is greatly reduced in point of ſtrength and quality. This cream, poor as it is, is afterwards, it is ſaid, mixed with other ingre- dients; and vet finds a quick and ready market in the metropolis.

It is matter of furprize, that in the city of London, ſo long and deſervedly famous for the attention and vigiſance of its magiſtrates, in the conduct and re- gulation of the markets, no notice has hitherto been taken, or any effectual means adopted, to prevent the abuſes, ſo generally and juſtly complained of, in an article, the conſumption of which Cin London and its environs alone) is greater tnan in half the cities of Europe.— Milk has always been a favourite part of the food of Britons; and, in a great and populous city, it is highly conducive to the health of the inhabitants.— Lace& carne vivwunt, ſays Cæſar, in his Com- mentaries.

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