But the quantity of pickles, jam, and tobacco sold was great.

The men would consume large quantities of these bush delicacies, and the cost would be deducted from their wages.

The tea and sugar, and flour also, were given out weekly, as rations--so much a week--and meat was supplied to them after the same fashion.

For it was the duty of this young autocratic patriarch to find provisions for all who were employed around him.

For such luxuries as jam and tobacco the men paid themselves.
On the fourth side of the quadrangle was a rough coach-house, and rougher stables.