N A T U R A L H- f S' T O R T
tfeepfeft
j&aia in the fottofeffig cfrd'e'r': th£igfifeit fiM?nj^ 'fe o t ; a
'cM tvM;t e ? ? ^ d h ’ the fbtl^ ■ di^pj^idwtrls int^the hill
tSW^iis mb' Sototh-Wefiy.jiM £fe flM p f!ia$ ^lirfation -feorii top'
j j M K j M Q 'iM featfdryfiyd, J j i l B M
thiekneif* a®d Wot
f i o r ^ ^ i:!!fh i '? a i^ rock‘d&fifiu&s ‘w I4W1W
f ^ o ^ l l l l^ ^ c f i is?^ 3d’ for n^MS® si#; efifif<&y0& fij^rid.teff £
^ ■ M ] id a firmer Wwfjit. iloifej %KicK';iedfefe;ftiliillto^nei
m t l f f S : ^ h ilfc fitTdr flatting
pavement, never fweating as tire cliff fflat which is expofed'Jtd; the
fei-air. Tfiis .i^ Called the tdp-j&Mi -add; fog Mh 'fsthom
geep, the Bone improving Tome what: ksy ou fink, but:riot at the heft
tiil ydn then
rifes what they call the bolioih-ft'dns, of a grey b^d^blbbr^hhdpfueh
.ajcfofe t^S^d; tfiah o^ tckfe^^^sdlh l^ c p i e o e
* i t h f i fiiaffil
wedges driven . by fledges I of i r ^ i%i<f':-S6bt^V'®^si^^e ;i0^
l|yel^^dr fotfrijeen fefft, fedft^Jthis
h ifs is fiefed ^y
chizel aad'nMht,1 rfyfijrfeifelea'ife IP » a^p^pfeg/thi^SSfej^M
ff.ufiially about the eighth bf an Hindi1;' ‘the J#^eA- lir^ la tj-M fft
two feet long, and one foot. wide; downwaii®j*‘to''jone-'fedt fij irate,
and tbmetimef ( though feldofavjr dividing iflld hieh ikf|e>iflahw as
t o .make;ha¥fes and. tomb-ftones. n j * ; V i 'Hi
'1' In this quarry fe v'eraf 'parties ■ of men- Work oh feparate ‘fiages *or
Boors, fohfe tfeelye' fathdrn ftooi' * ^heu^k& ;< 4Socfei'.t?^®^,
forty Fathom tfefep, to the'
each party; the 'tik & ftiaih^ffdfifc; t&tififfi^ c lfe^% rhoitff^fertis
to fliore up the rpbbifh, to divide the different allotments, and
fhape the tiatftwV paths np hid
rfed with ho finall dkngibr' from the plot wt&e ibrifesv1 W Men’s
%acks, -fehich h e gtikrddd from , the weight W k/Mnd d llW8m£~
apron, or - rather cufhip'n; the carrier ;difpofes his " charge 'offrones
in%ws fide % fide, \tffl tjie area allotted to his phtners is full, and
then horfesafe teadyto take them off, and catry theln bjr Ikle to the
perfon that buys thepa. The principal honzpntff fiffiitesi whidh
S H B M M f c f c run ffom ten to, fifteen feet afijiider'; fffey are
"no more than chinks dr . joints, and contain no heterogeneous fbffil.
•^paffyfiteigihs to water ai mB&? ate to i , isftbtfub-
Jeit to rot or Becky, to imbib? water, or fplit With falling, as the boffotn-
jforie of Tindhgel, and'dthed<pia£rieiivj'hut For itk hghtbefs, afid'e&div-
ing wea|her, is generally preferred to any flat in Greal-Britain.
8 Schiftus filElis, durus, ccerulefcens clangotus. v Linn« Syft. Nat. page 158» N°. I.