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hemp, tobacco, &c. which are to be con- 

 veyed through these straits to a market 

 new and important to those countries ; 

 w^hich articles will greatly interfere with 

 and cheapen the produce of our country. 

 The Banat is said to be by far the cheapest 

 country in Europe, in all necessary pro- 

 ductions, meat, bread, wine, fruits, &c. 

 The culture of Rice was introduced there 

 by the late Emperor with great and in- 

 creasing success. Prices in the vicinity 

 of Tybiscus river are in sterling, as follow ; 

 wheat at 1 "jd, an English bushel ; rye, 1 2d,\ 

 barley, "jd^l. -, hay in towns, 10/. a ton ; in 

 the country, 3j-. ; a lean ox 40/. to 50s, ; a 

 cow 30J-. to 45s, (cattle are dearer than 

 grain, because they are readily driven to 

 market : they are driven by thousands an- 

 nually, from the Ukrain, through Poland 

 into Silesi(i and Germayiy) ; mutton, l ^. a lb. ; 

 beef, from \d, to \d,\- ; pork, ]d,'^ to 2d, ; 

 wine, 45 gallons new, in a good vintage, 

 7s, to 42s. according to quality ; rent, 

 2s. Od. to 4j. the English acre j and all this 



