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price that it is in England. French wine a sixth part 

 of the English price. Brandy and Rura abotrt the same 

 in proportion ; and the common spirits of the country 

 are about three shillings and sixpence (English) a ^a//o7i. 

 Come on, then, if you love toping; for here you may 

 drink yourselves blind at the price of sixpence. 



336. Wearing Apparel comes chiefly from England, 

 and all the materials of dress are as cheap as they are 

 there ; for, though there is a duty laid on the importa- 

 tion, the absence of taxes, and the cheap food and drink, 

 enable the retailer to sell as low here as there. Shoes 

 are cheaper than in England ; for, though shoemakers 

 are well paid for their labour, there is no Borough-vil- 

 lain to tax the leather. All the India and French goods 

 are at half the English price. Here no ruffian can seize 

 you by the throat and tear off your suspected handker- 

 chief^ Here Signor Waithman, or any body in that 

 line, might have sold French gloves and shawls without 

 being tempted to quit the field of politics as a compro- 

 mise with the government ; and without any breach of 

 covenants, after being suffered to escape with only a 

 gentle squeeze. 



337. Household Furniture, all cheaper than in Eng- 

 land. Mahogany timber a third part of the English 

 price. The distance shorter to bring it, and the tax 

 next to nothing on importatiort. The woods here, the 

 pine, the ash, the white oak, the walnut, the tubp-tree, 

 and many others, all excellent. The workrpan paid 

 high wages, but no tax. No Borough-villains to share 

 in the amount of the price. 



338. Horses, carriages, harness, all as good, as gay, 

 and cheaper than in England. I hardly ever saw a rip 

 in this country. The hackney coach horses and the 

 coaches themselves, at New York, bear no resemblance 

 to things of the same name in London. The former are 

 all good, sound, clean, and handsome. What the latter 

 are I need describe in no other way than to say, that the 

 coaches seem fit for nothing but the fire and the horses 

 for the dogs. 



339. Domestic servants! This is a weighty article : 

 "lot in the cost, however, so much as in the plague. A 

 'tjood man sercant is worlfa thirty pvunds sterHng a jea^ 



