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acording to his qualifications, or the station he 

 occupies, besides his victuals in his master's 

 house. 



Labourers get from I s. to i s. 6d. per day in 

 summer, and 2d. or 3d. less in winter. Both 

 the hired servant and day-labourer commence 

 work, in summer, at 6 o'clock in the morning ; 

 and, being allowed two hours intermission, usu- 

 ally dispatch breakfast, and take their rest chiefly 

 in the middle of the day. They cease working 

 at 6 o'clock in the evening. Hired servants, 

 however, do not consider themselves as entitled 

 to quit work invariably at that hour; as circum- 

 stances must occur which will render it necessa- 

 ry for them to be occasionally employed at car- 

 Tier and later hours. In winter, labour commen- 

 ces and ends with day light. The wages of 

 maid-servants are from 3!. to 4!. per annum. 



Men hired for harvest get from 25 s. to 30 s., 

 and their victuals ; and the women from 20 s. 

 to 25 s. On the north of the Eden, reapers 

 wages are considerably higher, owing to the 

 scarcity of villages and cottages in that district. 

 There the men usually get from 305. to 2!. 2s. j 

 and the women from 25 s. to 30 s. When hir- 

 ed by the day a man's wages is from i s. to I s. 

 6d., and a woman's from lod. to is., with 

 victuals. They work generally from sun-rising 

 to sun-setting. In some places where there are 

 small farms or pendicles, in the neighbourhood 

 of villages, the reapers do not begin till after 

 breakfast. They rest an hour at dinner, and 

 quit work at 6 o'clock, or sunset. In this case 

 the men have is. per day, and the women iod., 

 but no supper. Bread and beer is the usual din- 



