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edifice. The library is the largest in the Union, and 

 contains more than 57,000 volumes, besides pamphlets, 

 newspapers, and maps. The Law Library contains 

 13,000 volumes ; the Divinity School Library, 3000 

 volumes; the Medical Library, 1200. Diifferent 

 societies connected with the College have libraries 

 amounting to about 10,000 volumes. The president, 

 the Hon. Jared Sparks, LL.D., very kindly offered 

 me the use of any volume which the library contained. 

 In the library I saw several old works on Newfound- 

 land, written by Whiteburn and others. Cambridge 

 is about three miles from Boston, and contains a 

 population of upwards of 14,000. 



West Cambridge is a great market for cattle from 

 the interior country. The following is the number for 

 sale in the market on Wednesday, October 2d, 1850 : 



At market 3361 cattle — about 1361 beeves and 

 2000 stores — consisting of working oxen, cows and 

 calves, yearlings, two and three years old. 



Prices : Market Beef — extra $6.12 1-2 per cwt. — 

 first quality $5.37 — second ditto, $5.50 — third ditto 

 $5 — ordinary, $3 to $4.60. 



Hides, $5 per cwt. —Tallow, $5.50. 



Stores — Working Oxen, $63, $70, $85 to $97. 



Cows and Calves, $18, $27 to $35. 



