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the fame Candle. The Confumers know 
very little of the Tea that they drink. The 
Words Green and Bcbea comprehend all the 
low-priced Sorts. The ufual Way is to mix 
one Sort with another, and fo bring it to any 
Price that the Country Trader or Confumer 
pleafes to give. Such as buy it at the India - 
Houfe y and have Judgment and Art enough 
to fell it to the Confumers in Quantities, 
get handfome Profit by it, as may be feen 
by comparing the Prices it fold at in the 
ILaJl-India Houfe (adding 4 s.per Pound Duty 
to the Price it was bought at, for the Buyer 
pay'd the Inland Duty) with the Price it was 
fold at to Country Chaps, which is at leaft 
15 per Cent . befides which they have a fe- 
cond Profit by mixing different Sorts to any 
Price; and by the Smuggling Trade they 
reap a third Profit, for the run condemned 
Teas they purchafe at a low Price, and mix 
(if needful) with others ; fo that fhould they 
fell Sugars at, or under prime Cojl , to get 
off their Tea , a fober induftrious Man may 
raife a very handfome Fortune in no very 
long time. All the Sorts of Tea that have 
been in ufe for fourteen Years, with their 
Names and Quantities yearly imported, you 
have in the Table. 
