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 Beef, from 5l. 10s. to 6l. per barrel. Pork, from 6l. 10s. to 7l. per ditto. Flour, from 3l. 6s. to 4l. per ditto. Butter, from 4l. 10s. to 5l. per firkin.

Although the French government of Dominica had every opportunity of furnihing their troops with freh proviions, by means of the Americans, then in alliance with France, yet not a ingle veel arrived there with cattle, during the whole time they were in poeion of the iland. But the cattle that were killed for the ue of the troops were, at firt, indicriminately hot on the Englih plantations, at the pleaure of Duchilleau, whenever they were wanted for the ue of his oldiers.

He afterwards etablished an ordinance, that every Englih planter hould end a beat in his turn for the ue of the military hopital, under the penalty of having it taken by force; and