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about one shilling and six pence currency 

 per pound. 



Honey-bees are kept in America with 

 equal success as in England ; the trunk of a 

 hollow tree being usually the hive: boxes 

 are sometimes used, but I never saw a hive 

 made of straw. From the great number of 

 flowering shrubs in the woods, I should ima- 

 gine that bees, with proper care, would be- 

 come valuable. Honey sells in the market 

 at about fifteen pence currency per pound. 



It is remarked, in America, that all such 

 gentlemen, or breeders of sheep, as have 

 endeavoured to become great sheep-breed- 

 ers, have, from some cause or other, been 

 unsuccessful in the attempt. An opinion is 

 entertained, that sheep will not be healthy 

 in any one place long together : the rot is 

 said to be the cause ; but that is not the 

 fact : and they say, from experience, that, 

 if they change them from the north to the 

 south, they thrive much better. 



In cattle, the hollow- horn is a very bad 

 complaint, and many die of it. It is some 



