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which is a treat to the rich, in England, is here 

 used even by the negroes. Sweet oil, raisins, 

 currants ; all the things from the Levant, are 

 at a fourth or fifth of the English price. The 

 English people, who pay enormously to keep 

 possession of the East and West Indies, pur 

 chase the produce even of the English posses 

 sions at a price double of that which the Ame 

 ricans give for that very produce ! What a hel 

 lish oppression must that people live under ! 

 Candles and soap (quality for quality) are half 

 the English price. Wax candles (beautiful) are 

 at a third of the English price. It is no very 

 great piece of extravagance to burn wax can 

 dles constantly here, and it is frequently done 

 by genteel people, who do not make their own 

 candles. 



332. Fish I have not mentioned, because 

 fish is not every ivhere to be had in abundance. 

 But, any where near the coast it is; and, it is 

 so cheap, that one wonders how it can be 

 brought to market for the money. Fine Black- 

 Rock, as good, at least, as codfish, I have seen 

 sold, and in cold weather too, at an English 

 farthing a pound. They now bring us fine fish 

 round the country to our doors, at an English 

 three pence a pound. I believe they count 

 fifty or sixty sorts of fish in New York market, 

 as the average. Oysters, other shell-fish, called 



