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in which the farmers pay more than com- 

 mon, though they have no vines j the reft 

 of the year, 90!. a day. A woman, in har- 

 veft or vintage, 4d. a day ; in Winter 3d. 

 And girls and boys in proportion. A man- 

 fervant in the houfe, for work in husbandry, 

 has wages, 4], a-yearj and a maid-fervant 

 al. I am unacquainted with thefc rates in 

 the cheap counties of England j but fuppofc 

 they are no where equally low. 



From Thiecour to Merchingen, is a rich 

 vale of fine land ; but the latter place ftands 

 upon a hill. This rich vale continues as far 

 as Bechin, where a hiliy country begins. 

 Throughout the vale I had palled corn is 

 predominant ; and, in general, the peafants 

 feemed tolerably fatisfied. This ariics, partly 

 from the farms being large, confequently 

 the people are not in fuch extreme mifery, 

 as where they have no more land than fuffi- 

 cient to feed their families. Upon the {idea 

 of the hills around Steinbach, I obferved fe- 

 veral vineyards, but they did not appear to 

 be well conducted; nor was the vintage 

 every where over; yet the labourers had not 

 that feftivity in their appearance, which is 

 ufual among them at that feafon. The pro- 

 duce 



