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advantageous, ſhould be entirely carried on only by the French inhabitants. This neglect of the Engliſh is the more remarkable, from the great inconveniences they labour under, from not having a fiſhery of their own; but though a thing of the kind was attempted by Mr. Beves, a reſpectable Engliſh inhabitant, in the time of the French government of the iſland, it failed, through the malice of ſome of the French inhabitants; and that no other Engliſhman, ſince the return of the country to its former government, has thought it worth while to repeat the trial, is a matter of much ſurprize.
The preſent price of fiſh in the market of Roſeau is as follows, viz.
| s. | d. | ||||
| River fiſh | ——— | 1 | 6 | per pound. | |
| Sea ditto, caught with hook and line |  |
1 | 0 | per ditto. | |
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| Seine and pot fiſh | — | 0 | 412 | per ditto. | |
| Turtle | ——— | 1 | 6 | per ditto. | |
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