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fous. The deareft, for iiiftartcc a qiiarter of a piilfctj 

 you hav^ for 2 livres and 5 fous : therefore, a pear 

 comes to two pence, and a quarter of a pullet to almoll 

 2 lhillings ! a pickled cucumber three pence, a foup 

 lixpence, a dilh of pulfe or vegetable of any kind, a 

 fhilling, and fo of all the reft. — ■ Suppofc therefore^ as 

 a very moderate eater, you have : 



Livres. Sous 



I . 



A foup - ~ 





11 



2. 



Three fmall tarts or dumplins 





iB 



3- 



A pint of ale - - 



1 



5 



4- 



Fricandeau * ;-.•..«« =• 





it 



5- 



Roaftveal 





18 



6. 



A pickled cucumber 





6 



7- 



Vegetables - 



1 



4 



$. 



: A pear 





4 



9. 



A half pint of table wine of the or^ 









dinary fort 





5 





Total 



6 



10 



and behold you have ate and drank to the amount of 

 about five fhillings and eight pence, and are fcarcely 

 fatisfiedj and have been more laving than thole who, 

 fat at the fame table with you. You now fee fornewhat 

 plainer, how La Barriere is enabled to defray the 

 enormous expences of his great undertaking. But let 

 vis enter into a little clofer examination of this matter. 



We will fuppofe, that daily from morning to mid- 

 night only 250 perfons eat at his houfe, and that each 

 fpends no more than 4 livres, which is flating the fup- 

 poiitio& very low. Thus kis daily jeceits amount to 



