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284 A TOUR THROUGH
two loads, was about thirty-one shillings ;
at present it is reduced to live shillings and
six-pence, and there is a probability that
it will still fall lower.
This crop, which has been very abun-
dant, I am told, in many places they have
hardly been at the pains to gather in, as
there is little probability of this cruel pro-
hibition being removed. The farmers are
already ruined, and the ruin of their
masters must inevitably follow. This is
the method the minislry of Naples, or
rather that of Spain, has taken to humble
the pride of the Sicilian barons, whose
power they pretend is still very extensive,
and their jurisdiction absolute; most of
them possessing a right os life and death in
their own domain. However, there is a
probability that they will soon be obliged
to relinquish their privileges. The com-
plaint is universal, and is the minislry per-
severc in thesc rigorous mcasures, there
must
two loads, was about thirty-one shillings ;
at present it is reduced to live shillings and
six-pence, and there is a probability that
it will still fall lower.
This crop, which has been very abun-
dant, I am told, in many places they have
hardly been at the pains to gather in, as
there is little probability of this cruel pro-
hibition being removed. The farmers are
already ruined, and the ruin of their
masters must inevitably follow. This is
the method the minislry of Naples, or
rather that of Spain, has taken to humble
the pride of the Sicilian barons, whose
power they pretend is still very extensive,
and their jurisdiction absolute; most of
them possessing a right os life and death in
their own domain. However, there is a
probability that they will soon be obliged
to relinquish their privileges. The com-
plaint is universal, and is the minislry per-
severc in thesc rigorous mcasures, there
must