Earths.
Salt.
Vitriol.
,£2p- -. N A j r ^ U R ^ ;L ^ ..HJ § | O R Y
.ilefejofeeLi J (qq^^qre, inhabitants having their refources
ior me necefi^ip%,gftjlife .froir^Jtjbq bawflSfyau^nqiS from £h© furface
of j^j>} ^if,§^3€Qp§angtais
tq t3|e j ymff, mislfettjjrid,; Madb ,bbi®g uncultivated
till the ^aft ^ges *% inplinfs ,m§ to^tfiink that a greater quantity
of land wa^xeqqi^G ito m^etyp.-an -a9f^,r and en ,a >man to the
fidered in the next place, that ffig^o^lacrfi did not always fignify
a determinate quantity of ground, but ‘ Klatwp. quanfumvis agrum. Y ’
that i%. q^^4en|ent brtfi^kwbdftNCbe iandsiday
in this cparfe qandition there were,no, diyifipns ,bij|i:.thpfe of :terib-
"ments, which .were ufijally granted by the Itords ,pfj,theiSpil in fuch
dimenfiqns as contained many. of our. ftatute-acrps, and in any
quantity which was thought at that time fufficient for the purpofes
or tillage,and;pafturej h e h c b ^ t h e Cornifh acre,
meaning no mp|^. than ._a, Cornifh- holding /pr tenement, bide.,ox
tenure, including more .the degree of
cultivation -.
r; Eot. making; porcelain, as well as..preparing pphres and mother
painting-earths for the artift, a great many clays and mineralrearths
may be found in Cornwall ° j_ water-mills,, mayr^a^lyf Jj%|p|p^iredj
fuel cheap, and waiter-carriage to London and Briftol ^convenient
on either fide die county, that a fufficient undertaker might at leaft
find as many encouraging circumftances to, fet .up fuch manufactures
ip Cornwall as any whqre jn England, f
T &a-Jalt may be made here as well as.in^r^chjJBl'itanyj for the
materials are the lame, and in equ^l plenty in both countries, and
the difference of climate inconfiderable,“ it being, fopnd by -eiqae-
rience, lays a modern author •, that bay dhlt .made in Hampshire
(farther.,within chanel than Cornwall) is not inferior to the bay-falt
o f ,Britany : .. but. iuppofing, jve could make in Cornwall .but; two
thirds of the fea-lalt which the Bretons make, this, j f I am rightly
informed, would very well anlwer. There is a place in the parilh
of . Senan, about .half a mile north of ..the Land’s-End, in which
the. traces of felt-works, carried on in the laft age, are Hill to be
leen; and tradition fays, that the manufacture mifcarried not
through any deficiency of materials, or incongruity of fituation,
but through the negleCt and dilhonefty of the perfons employed.
About the year, 1 747, _,a. curious, foreigner | -fet up a vitriol manufacture
near Reddruth. The water was,:collected from, places
where tin was burnt in order to difeharge its mundic, and copper-
* See page 84. ^ * k: Spelman, ibid. IT,
1 In Lacy’s Regifter one hundred and twenty,
in Spelman one hundred-and iixty, in Carew two
hundred^ad feventy ft at ute-acres.
81 ' Sèè- page before, I ce Item idem abbas,” &c.
n .Sec plav8, pagc 93» &c.
°N'ât. Hift oF Cork ƒ vol. IL page 25b*1 ;
p Dr. John James Rouby, now at Plymouth.
ores
O T f ; C O R tr .'W A L L . %2I
otesCWere, moft 0ualJÿ>w'afhed. ,,Thi$ water, ftrongly impregnated
wath- the iM e^ particles- which thefe. ores abound with, was firft
t S S S ® ? k T W Ê Ê Ë Ê Ê where1 it defied; ril| the fediment fob-
mffledjj': a’d®;^Swate^wa^clê^r“-|'it,Vasr tfien'coWeyed4 into,a boiler
where ufi®fast.klpt conftaririy boiling by à gentle
'fireAf, fevigjbr ggbt?5âày^:^ ^ E ë n i fKey Tmindit' ready, that is
by^vaporatimreducedTifa- proper; £efiict^ ÇwhichWhey diftinguiffi
Y , . É j§ |H |S Was->draWw .oft tfirbugH^^féck% Ihè, bottom, of
the/boiler, éSgf fet in -kâdèn tlifierfis^^ylklli-zfe', the,Tafts fiioot-
mgi roungthbTides- ofiHhfe vdffiV arid fixing-■ fipbhVpiffib df' tiinber
thrown im oh%urpbfeM 'CôîlèCt- theii*. ^ f ie ;timriTeqriika for cry-
ftallizaüiÿâWas eitgggffiree' o i^ ^ td ty s , ^âe.cbAli'flg’l' i j f the weaker
f!0t ftroagggfapregri&ron of the Water ^'àbef t^ÿfit'tons* of ^fu’eb,
well impregnated wkhfthe vitriolic- 'gudïtyvVorild^giyllfÿbm, o f
blue, fine? vftriol|?'^ch tbn'wcéth eigh^l^oufids, ^ ‘M -m l'â n d
the experiee^f making^elbh^ton n à ï k k ^ i^ t% y
have been Mértnéd. mâtèrialsîfor^m§king. this' vitriol" arer'Tq,
cheap, and in fuch plenty; th a t the Whole; kingdom might g f Applied
with this fait from.Cornwall alorie^iï^peqeil^yî. ‘ T ffiViji1 ;
But of all arts, that Which concerns moll '.nearly, jshfi/ gefitiêmen Art of aflàv-
Qt this county .to cultivai, -is that of àffâyftg;mê^fs,. àfi-aft whiçb“ 2'
ihould be mrich more gêfiêÉllÿknown hM" 'than.fitW àt
prefent, in à fibunty fp fëtMPîri fdïïîîk: '
The value ô f tïii-nre ;ls;,weft!kriowé; -of lead éot 'M f o f e g i t y ,
and the agents of jdieTopper-com^adtes arb althdft 'the only p#fons
who, /allay copper-dre : here therefore ends ’all Our Hfidmaftic
knowlfedgfe, and we are not only obliged to take WeT Wdrd of the
may -naturatly be-fùpppièd fomqwhàt ifevour of
himfelf) asm our lead and 'cop^r, nut’ ertmcdSklt, bifmuthf’ j|)el-
trt, manganefe, and the, like, lie u tterly; unknown * and* negleCtpii ;
Gréât pitpit is that fo many-gentlemen ôY To'fttme arid 'inhlrltarice
âtf the mine-diâriCls in this bounty may. boaft-of;* can%riS'Jnb'link
to affociate 'themfelves in fo ufeful ‘ a ’defign as^ that of empWihg' a
proper per fori; ;<and erecting one or more ' affay-offides whereto etrery
man at a finall expence fiiight have afccefs for information, as to
the value • of his ; ore, and tfb nature of any nèW roffir which
occurs.
In feme counties publick premiums, exhibited at the expehce of
a fubferibing fociety, Tave had4 the defired effeCt in furthering 'un-
provemerits- p f publick bfehbfit’j perhaps fometfiîng of the .fame
kind woul^be of rife fin thilWcorinty, and greatly.’jritoÉÈnbte the
inclofing cdriitnons; planting ’fruit’ and fotefi-trees, ' faking die
moft and beft^iniiTied highways, improving the, powers, .or retrenching
the expence of ^ny hydfàuljiG engipp,; difeq^^fe:new md.EQore
4 N " " effectual