I.—PRICE OF LABOUR.

Maximum in Roman Money.Mean Price in English Money.
£. s. d.
To a day labourer Den. 25 0 4 8
Do. for interior works 50 0 9 4
To a mason 50 0 9 4
To a maker of mortar 50 0 9 4
To a marble-cutler, or maker of mosaic work 60 0 11 4
To a tailor for making clothes 50 0 9 4
Do. for sewing only 6 0 1 1 ½
For making shoes for the patricians 150 1 8 1
Do. shoes for workmen 120 1 2 8
for the military 100 0 18 8
for the senators 100 0 18 8
for the women 60 0 11 4
Military sandals 75 0 14 0 ½
To a barber for each man 2 0 0 4 ½
To a veterinary surgeon for shearing the animals and trimming their feet 6 0 1 1 ½
Do. for currycombing and cleaning them 20 0 9 9
For one month's lessons in architecture 100 0 18 8
To an advocate for a petition to the tribunal 250 2 6 9
For the hearing a cause 1000 9 7 6

II.—PRICE OF WINES.

Maximum of the Sextarius.Mean Price of the English Pint, Wine Measure.
£. s. d.
Picene, Tiburtine, Sabine, Aminean, Surentine, Setinian, and Falernian wines Den. 30 0 5 4
Old wines of the first quality 24 0 4 2 ¾
Do. of second quality 16 0 2 10
Country wine 8 0 1 5
Beer 4 0 0 4 ¾
Beer of Egypt 2 0 0 2
Spiced wine of Asia 30 0 5 4
Barley wine of Attica 24 0 4 2 ¾
Decoction of different raising 16 0 2 10

III.—PRICE OF MEAT.

Maximum of the Roman pound.Mean Price of the French pound.
£. s. d.
Flesh of oxen Den. 8 0 2 0
Do. of mutton, or of goat 8 0 2 0
Do. of lamb, or of kid 12 0 3 0
Do. of pork 12 0 3 0
The best lard 16 0 4 0
The best ham from Westphalia, from Cerdagne, or from the country of the Marses 20 0 5 0
Fat fresh pork 12 0 3 0
Belly and tripe 16 0 4 0
Pig's liver, enlarged by being fattened upon figs 16 0 4 0
Pig's feet, each 4 0 0 9
Fresh pork sausages, weighing one ounce 2 0 0 4 ½
Do. of fresh beef 16 0 2 9 ½
Pork sausages and seasoned 16 0 4 0
Do. of smoked beef 10 0 2 9 ½

IV.—POULTRY AND GAME.

Maximum of each in Roman Money.Mean Price of each in English Money.
£. s. d.
One fat male peacock Den. 250 2 6 9
One fat female peacock 200 1 17 9
One male wild peacock 125 1 3 4 ½
One female wild peacock 100 0 18 8
One fat goose 200 2 6 9
Do. not fat 100 0 18 8
One hen 60 0 11 4
One duck 40 0 7 4
One partridge 30 0 5 8
One hare 150 1 8 1
One rabbit 40 0 7 4

V.—FISH.

Maximum of each in Roman Money.Mean Price of each in English Money.
£. s. d.
Sea fish, first quality Den. 24 0 4 6
Do. second quality 16 0 3 0
River fish, first quality 12 0 2 3
Do. second quality 8 0 1 6
Salt fish 6 0 1 1 ½
Oysters, per hundred 100 0 18 8

VI.—CULINARY VEGETABLES.

Lettuces, the best, five together 4 0 0 9
Do. second quality, ten together 4 0 0 9
Common cabbages, the best, single 4 0 0 9
Cauliflower, the best, five together 4 0 0 9
Do. second quality, ten together 4 0 0 9
Beet root, the best, five together 4 0 0 9
Do. second quality, ten together 4 0 0 9
Radishes, the largest 4 0 0 9

VII.—OTHER PROVISIONS.

Maximum of the Sextarius in Roman Money.Mean Price of each in English Money.
£. s. d.
Honey, the best Den. 40 0 15 0
Do. second quality 20 0 7 6
Oil, the best quality 40 0 15 0
Do. the second quality 24 0 9 1
Vinegar 6 0 3 3
A stimulant to excite the appetite, made of the essence of fish 6 0 2 3
Dried cheese, the Roman pound 12 0 3 4 Fr. lb.

We are much surprised at the very high prices in this table. Labour and provisions cost ten and twenty times as much as with us. But when we come to compare the price of provisions with the price of labour the dearness of all the necessaries of life appears still more excessive. M. Moreau de Jonnes makes this comparison. He brings together from the edicts of Diocletian a great many facts given by historians, and he shows, that, if the abundance of the precious metals has any influence on raising the prices, the want of labour, industry, and of produce, must cause it also.

These considerations point out in the strongest manner the poverty of this royal people, of whom two-thirds, if not three-fourths, were reduced to live on fish and cheese, and drink piquette, when the expense of the table of Vitellius amounted, in a single year, to 175 millions of Francs.—Brewster's Journal of Science.

THE GATHERER.

"I am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff."—Wotton

TWELVE GOLDEN RULES OF CHARLES I.

1. Profane no divine ordinances. 2. Touch no state matters. 3. Urge no healths. 4. Pick no quarrels. 5. Maintain no ill opinions. 6. Encourage no vice. 7. Repeat no grievances. 8. Reveal no secrets. 9. Make no comparisons. 10. Keep no bad company. 11. Make no long meals. 12. Lay no wagers.