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A Voyage to the East Indies: Page 107
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and the reasons for any deficiency or superfluity, nor is it lawful for a Man to kill a Bullock of his own, without being first authorised by the Govr. & Council so to do. A Bullock is allowed to every three Acres, and the planters Names being constantly enroll’d in a List together with the Extent of the Farms, it is next to an impossibility for Cattle to be kill’d without its becoming public. They kill in rotation, every Planter having it in his Turn to kill in a regular Manner. It being lately imagin’d that the Number of Sheep fed on the Island destroy’d the feed of the black Cattle, an order was issu’d that every planter should keep such a number of sheep only, to such a number of acres, as the Island, (they said) was in danger of being overrun. There are a great Number of Goats running wild on the Island, who sometimes do Considerable Mischief by getting upon high precipices and tumbling down loose Pieces of Rock; these the soldiers are paid for killing when found in certain Situations. All kinds of poultry are scarce in this Island, owing to their being obliged to import all the Grain they give them. The price of provisions is Beef when permitted to be sold 5 PH Sheep 20[?] PHead. Goats 10[?] PHead. Lambs & Kids 10.[?] PHead grown Hogs 4[?] PH - fat D.o 6[?] PH. roasting D.o 5[?] PPig. Fowls 3[?] PCouple. Ducks 3[?] PCouple. Turkins 6[?]. Geese 5[?] Their Gardens never produce a sufficient Quantity of Vegetables to sell, indeed they can scarcely supply themselves when they have Lodgers. [end page 107]
