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At Neivcaftle is a confiderable manufac-* 

 ture of fhoes and hats; the firft employs 

 above an hundred hands, who earn from 

 10 d. to 2 s. a day. Of the latter there are 

 three or four hundred ; the men earn from 

 7 s. to 10 s. a week. 



Women, 3 s. to 6 /* 



Children, 1 s. 



PROVISIONS,^, 

 Bread — maflin, 1 d< 

 Cheefe, 3d. 

 Butter, 8 d. 

 Beef, 3 d. 

 Mutton, 3 d. 

 Veal, 3 d. 

 Milk, { d. per pint. 

 Potatoes, 4<7. /vr peck. 

 Poors houie-rent, 40 s. to 3 /. 10/. 



firing, 20 j. to 25 j. 



From Neivcajile fouth wards the country 

 improves greatly in beauty : The foil to- 

 wards Stone is generally a fandy loam. 

 About that place it is alio landy, on a bed of 

 marie ; lets from Newcafilc to Stone, and 

 alfo around that place, from 12/. to 20;. 

 per acre. Farms are various, rifing from 30/. 

 to 500/. a year. Their courfes are chiefly, 



1. Fallow 5. Clover two or 



2. Wheat three years 



3. Oats 6. Oats 



4. Barley 7. Beans. 

 A vile, as well as Orange courfe. 



Another 



