466 ON THE PRICE OF FOREIGN PRODUCE. 



gallon. But it is once bought by the barrel, which probably 

 held two gallons, as is said in 1621. An average of ten 

 entries gives 4?. $d. the gallon. During the earliest years 

 however the price is about 2s. 6d.> a rate at which this article 

 is bought in 1631. 



In 1672 Pepys buys large olives at 6s. ^d. the gallon, and 

 Lucca olives at 8.$-. 



Capers are generally bought by the pound, occasionally by 

 the barrel, which in 1621 is said to hold three pounds. They 

 are twice described as Genoa produce, and are largely bought 

 for the Fellows of Winchester. An average of seventeen 

 entries gives nearly is. id. the pound. 



Anchovies, bought by the pound, are almost entirely derived 

 from the Winchester accounts. An average of nine Win- 

 chester entries during the latter part of the seventeenth 

 century gives is. ^\d. the pound. Once they are bought 

 (1632) by Caryll at 2s. 6d. the pound. 



There are a few entries of drugs. In 1609 an ounce of 

 dragon's blood is bought at 30^. a pound. In 1623 Lord 

 Spencer buys four ounces of spermaceti at &/., four ounces 

 of mithridate at zs., four ounces of dioscoridum at is. 4^., 

 and a pound of gumdragon at 4s. In 1631 Caryll buys 

 a pound of drops of olibanum for 5^., and in 1632 three and 

 a-half ounces of mithridate at i s. 6d. In the same year Lord 

 Spencer buys two ounces of spermaceti at 5<^., and an ounce 

 of mastic for icd. Next year Caryll gives gs. for a Bezoar 

 stone, 2J. for half a pound of London treacle (theriacum), yd. 

 for two ounces of spermaceti, is. for an ounce of oil of mace, 

 yd. for two ounces of oil of benjamin, and is. for an ounce of 

 mastic. There are other drugs in the list of Sundry Articles. 



Manna is found five times, in 1619 at 8</., in 1685 at 5<^., in 

 1686 at 4*/., in 1687 and 1688 at $d. the ounce. In the first 

 year it is bought by the Archers, on the other four occasions 

 in London. 



Among varieties of foreign produce, I may here refer to 

 two ' westfaylie' gammons in 1632 at 'js. $d. each. 



