PEICE OF PROVISIONS. 
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the farm for cowries to the amount of three-pence per 
day. 
Mr. Carr established with the natives the following 
tariff of prices for the 
several 
articles 
undermen- 
tioned, viz. : — 
Sterling money. 
For goats (milch) 
1000 cowries 
Is. 
bd. 
„ ditto (not milch) 
800 
?? 
1 
0 
„ sheep (full grown) 
1000 
1 
5 
„ fowls (large) 
100 
5? 
0 
4 
„ ditto (small) 
80 
5 ) 
0 
1 
„ ducks (Muscovy) 
200 
?5 
0 
3 
„ eggs from 
5 to 10 
3 ? 
„ yams (per cwt.) 
400 
33 
0 
6 
„ tobacco, good, 
(per 10 lbs.) 
500 
33 
0 
*71 
'2 
All the above articles were to bo had in 
abundance. 
Mr. Oarr said the tobacco was superior to the Ame- 
rican tobacco. 
In the afternoon a large canoe, loaded with goods 
of various kinds, passed upwards for the Kirri market. 
Sunday, October \0th . — The morning broke beau- 
tifully, after heavy rain during the night. At six 
o’clock I was on shore, and while preparation was being 
made for the embarkation of Mr. Carr, I walked to 
the summit of Stirling Hill to take a last look at the 
lovely scenery of the Confluence. 
The morning was perfectly still, and there was a 
fresh coolness of the atmosphere, now remarkably 
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