sextarius_ which
was the sixth part of a conge, came near to the old Paris chopin, or
half a litre.

Proceeding on these data, M. Moreau de Jonnes has formed a table,
showing, 1. the maximum in Roman measures, the same as the established
imperial edict; and 2. the mean price of objects _formed from_ half
the maximum, and reduced into French measures.

The following is the table drawn up by M. Moreau de Jonnes. The
slightest inspection of it will enable us to appreciate the importance
of this archaeological discovery, for no monument of antiquity has
furnished so long a series of numerical terms, of statistical data, and
positive testimony of the civil life and domestic economy of the Greeks
and Romans:--

I.--PRICE OF LABOUR.

Maximum Mean Price
in Roman in English
Money. Money.

L. s. d.
To a day labourer 25 Den. 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 1-1/2
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 0-1/2
To a barber for each man 2 0 0 4-1/2
To a veterinary surgeon for shearing the
animals and trimming their feet 6 0 1 1-1/2
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.