OF NORFOLK. 159 



lection xxv. 



RURAL (ECONOMY. 



JL fhall chiefly confine what I have to offer under 

 this head, to the price of agricultural labour. 



Some little difference is found in different parts 

 of the county, but the following is the neareft 

 general average that can be offered : 



geatlg 2£lagc0, 



A head carter — nine to ten guineas. 



An under carter, or lad — five to feven guineas. 



A fhepherd — about ten pounds. 



A yard man — about eight pounds. 



A dairy or houfe maid — four guineas. 



Of a labourer, till vviihin a few years, was i4d. in 

 fummer, and is. in winter, but they arc now in- 

 creased, 



