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two or three. This fold from 
to thirty Dutch Stivers per Dutch Pound 
and Quarter. The Leaves of the fecond 
Sort of this are older and more grown, and 
tho' gathered but a little after the firft, the 
fame Quantity of this is fold at forty or forty- 
five Stivers . The Leaves of the third Sort 
are ftill older and larger, and worth about 
from twenty-three to thirty-five Stivers . The 
greateft Quantity of the Tea imported into Eu- 
rope is of this Sort, and fold by the Dutch at 
fix or feven Gilders per Pound. Thofe who 
cry it about the Streets in Japan fell it for a- 
bout twenty-four Stivers per Pound and Quar- 
ter : The Vulgar there drink this. 
The third and laft Sort is gathered in our 
June 5 this is moft plentiful, the Leaves be- 
ing come to their full Growth, both as to 
their Number and Largenefs. Many omit 
the two former, and depend wholly on this 
Gathering ; the Leaves whereof are all forted 
into their different Claffes of Size and Good- 
nefs, called the firft, fecond, and third Sort ; 
the laft whereof is coarfeft of all, being be- 
tween two and three Months grown, and 
falls to the Share of the loweft Rank. It’s 
of this Sort the Labourers gather ten or twelve 
Pound a Day. This Gathering is called Ban 
Tsjaa , 
