1781. NORFOLK. 51 



It is atfonifhing to fee the flare and condition 27. 

 of the cattle: they look as frefli and as fleck * AIR F 



* ST. FAITH'S. 



as if they had not travelled a mile from home : 

 fome of them tolerable beef. Even fo high as 

 eleven pounds a piece was afked for fome bul- 

 locks ; it was however to choofe four out of a 

 large drove : but teri pounds was alked to draw- 

 fifteen or twenty. 



Mr. John Baker bought fix fpayed heifers, 

 which he drew out df a lot of thirty, at y/. 15^. 

 a head ; and another neighbour drew twenty- 

 one of the remainder df the lot at 7/. a-piece i 

 he afterwards bought fcven of an inferior qua- 

 lity at 6/. 



There were half a fcore in the fair fo low as 

 4/. but the price in general ran from 61: td 9/< 

 a head; for cattle which will fat to from forty 

 to fixty ftone ; but high as ttiefe prices are, Mr. 

 Tate (the oldeft drover) fays, he has known 

 them fome years ago twenty or thirty ftiilHngs 

 a head dearer than they are even this year. 



Each drover hires meadows or grazing* 

 grounds in proportion to his quantity of cattle ; 

 the farmers in the neighbourhood preferving 

 for the purpofea full bite of grafs ; for which 

 the Scotchmen pay very amply. The charges 

 on fale muft run high. The number of 

 E ^ at- 



