JOG September- 1749. 



on ojtafii. votl'T i>ri po 

 or mpre A ,cow is now fold for fifty 



Francs ;. : but people can remember the time 

 when'ithey were fold, for ten Ecus*. \~jfa 

 itfieen cpfts five or fix livres at prefent ; but 

 laftr^year, when every thing was dear, it 

 coft eight or ten Francs. A hog of one 

 year old, and two hundred, or an hundred 

 and fifty pound weight, is fold at fifteen 

 Francs. M. Couagne, the merchant, told 

 me, that he had feen a hog of four, hun-T 

 dred weight among the Indians. A chick- 

 en is fold for ten or twelve Sols -f ; and a 

 turkey for twenty fols. A Minot J of 

 wheat fold for an Ecu laft year; but at 

 prefent it coft forty Sols. Maize is always 

 of the fame price with wheat, becaufe here 

 is but little of it ; and it is all made ufe of 

 by thofe who go to trade with the Indians. 

 A Minot of oats cofts fometimes from fif- 

 teen to twenty Sols ; but of late years it 

 Jias been fold for twenty-fix, or thirty &$> 

 Peafe bear always the fame price with 

 wheat. A pound of butter cofts commonly 

 about eight or ten Sols -, but laft year it rofe 

 tip to fixteen Sols. A dozen of eggs ufed 

 to .coft but three Sols 5 however,/ jp*^ 



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* An E<u is three Francs. 

 f Twenty Sols make one Lrort. 



,-t ;-.A French meafure, about the fame as two bsihels in 

 England. 



