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tastod), we have beforc hinted, is no very delectable decoc-tion; but cven those who can afford to indulgo in the purearticle, rathcr than the burnt acorn Compound, put up withthe most common and flavourless kinds, so that such a costlydelicacy as real Mocha is positively unobtainable at theshops in Coblenz. The ordinaiy cofFee mixture used by themiddle classes consists of part acorns, part chicory, and theresidue Java coffee; though, even if the coffee itself wereof the finest possible character, the mode of roasting it wouldbe a sure method of making it about as palatable as charredhorse-beans.

Every one who has lived in Paris is well acquainted withthe delicious aroma that salutes the nostrils on passing thegrocers' during the roasting of the berries at the kerb-stone.

regularly growing dearer there, and this while the wages of the people haveremained almost stationary, so that each year the poor have found themselvespoorer than the last:—

A cartofcoals (1846-55)...... 22-23 sgr. •* 2*. 2£rf. - 2*. 3£<t.

(1855-56)...... 32-33 „ ■= 3». 2\d. -3*. 3i<J.

4 1bs. bread ..(1835-36)...... 21 sgr. = 3d.

(1847) ...... 7 sgr. 2 pfg. = 8|<f.

(1850), for afortnight 2 „ 5 „ = 3d.

(January 1856) .. 6| „ = 1%d.

„ (February „ ) .. 5j „ - Hd.

110 lbs. ofpotatoes (1836-45) .. 7 „ •» 8Jd.

(1856) 1 thlr. 1 sgr. = 3*. ljrf.

IIb. ofbeef.. ..(1835) .. .. 2|„ - Zd.

(1836-54) .. 3 sgr. 4 pfg. = id.

(1856) .. .. 4 „ 8 „ = 5id-

Veal fluctuates from 1\ sgr. (3d. English) per Ib. in summer, to 4 sgr.(4f(?. English) per Ib. in winter.

Formerly pork was the same price as beef, but now (1856) it is 5 sgr. (6<?.English) per Ib.

From 1828 to 1854 twenty-five eggs cost (in summer) 5 sgr. (&d. English),but during Lent in 1855 the price was 1 thlr. 10 sgr. (4s. English) for the samenumber. Skim-milk was 7 pfg. (f d. English) the maas (about i gall. English) in1835, and for many years afterwards; but 1855-6 the maas cost 18 pfg. (lf<Z.English) to 2 sgr. (2|rf. English).