... pathetic ballad over which we then wept as we thought of the children in the wood. Their little bands and pretty lips With blackberries were dyed, And when they saw the darksome night They sate them down and cried. And, as if to remind us the more forcibly ...

... pears were 3d. to 4d. a dozen. Damsons, of which there wa. not a great supply, sold at 8d. per quatt, and there were some blackberries at 3d. per quait. We noticed some very fine cucumbers these were priced at 4d. each. Of fish, there was not a great supply ...