18* MINUTES 



105. MAY 8. WALSHAM FAIR. This fair, 



MARKETS. which is held the Wedncfday fe'nnight before 

 Whitfunday, is a conftderable fair for fat bul- 

 locks ; alfo for cows and calves, and young 

 {lock. 



The cattle begin to come in about feven, 

 and continue coming until nine or ten ; the 

 fairs as well as the markets of Norfolk being, 

 held late in the day. 



There were feveral hundred head of cattle 

 at Waliham to-day, and had they been colledt- 

 cd into one fair-Head, would have made a good 

 {how. 



The principal buyers were the Norwich, 

 the Wells, and the country butchers ; alfo 

 fome dealers for the London and St. Ives's 

 markets ; and probably kmie under-finifhed 

 bullocks were bought by thofe farmers who 

 had grafs and money of thofe who were in 

 want of both. 



I faw a fleer and a heifer, good meat, and 

 weighing about feventy flone the two, fold for 

 fixteen pounds eight {hillings, which is more 

 than four {hillings and eightpence a {lone. 



Alfo 



