246 MARKET VICTIMS. 



characterize the hebdomadal meetings of farmers 

 and their friends in our own agricultural towns ; and 

 the expression " market fresh," best expresses the 

 condition of the staggering Christians, and of the 

 singing groups of male and female Abyssinians 

 returning home, who have been closing the labours 

 of the day with sundry deep potations of beer. 



