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"To passage in schooner of 4 Passengers from New England at 12s. £ 2 8 0 Freight of 9 Heiffers at 12s. 5 8 0 Club of Cyder for 5 men at 13s. 6d. each 3 7 6 5 Tons of Hay for cattle on passage 10 0 0 Freight of sheep 3 6 0 Several of these books are now in my possession.
I never in my life saw fatter beef than one I saw killed there, & the New England People vowed that the heiffers of the same breed that had a calf in Boston at 3 years old came in at 2 years at St. Johns, so much they improved in growth and Wantonness as they called it. This grass still grows naturally on the St. John River intervals, and is known to the farmers as "blue-joint."
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