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LETTER XXXVI. 



^Hp H E multiplicity of fubjects which 

 ~ demand a particular review in the 

 minutes of this tour is fo great, that I am, 

 in every Letter, fearful of fwelling it to too 

 great a length -, and yet much of the uti- 

 lity, which attends fuch an undertaking, 

 would be totally loft, if the average of 

 every article was not ftated, and compared 

 with collateral circumftances that either do, 

 or may probably affect, it. The fubject up- 

 on which I now enter, viz. the prices of 

 provifions, is one of the mod: important 

 that can engage the attention of the ftatef- 

 man. It ought to be known with the ut- 

 moft. perfpicuity in every poffible variation, 

 and in every the mod remote combination. 

 Circumftances, that at firfr, light appear to 

 have fcarce any connection, are fometimes 

 found, on a near infpeclion, to be intimately 

 united. 



The firft view I fhali offer of thefe 

 prices, is that of butcher's meats, bread, 

 butter, and cheefe ; and the average of 

 meats, with the diftance of each place from 

 London, 



Places. 



