210 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



up, explain the latter custom. It would seem that bargains 

 were frequently made for separate pieces. But it would be, 

 as in other cases, inconvenient to anticipate the particulars in 

 many of these articles. 



As might perhaps be expected, variations in measures, due 

 in all probability to local causes, are exceedingly frequent i 

 the purchase and sale of lime. 



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