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clams, In short, the variety and abundance 

 are such that [ cannot describe them. 



333. An idea of the state of plenty may be 

 formed from these facts: nobody but the free 

 negroes who have families ever think of eating a 

 sheep's head and pluck. It is seldom that oxen's 

 heads are used at home, or sold, and never in 

 the country. In the course of the year hun 

 dreds of calves' heads, large bits and whole joints 

 of meat, are left on the shambles, at New York, 

 for any body to take away that will. They 

 generally fall to the share of the street hogs, a 

 thousand or two of which are constantly/a^'/^ 

 in New York on the meat arid fish flung out of 

 the houses. I shall be told, that it is only in 

 hot weather, that the shambles are left thus gar 

 nished. Very true; but, are the shambles of 

 any other country thus garnished in hot weather? 

 Oh ! no ! If it were not for the superabundance, 

 all the food would be sold at some price or 

 other. 



334, After bread, flesh, fish, fowl, butter,, 

 cheese and groceries, comes fruit. Apples, 

 pears, cherries, peaches at a tenth part of the 

 English price. The other day I met a man 

 going to market with a waggon load of winter 

 pears. He had high boards on the sides of the 

 waggon, and his waggon held about 40 or 50 

 bushels. I have bought very good apples this 



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