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I f this -quarry, Was -fituated, nearer to. a good harbour, muck
greater advantage rnigbkjfye m d t r f t .it 5, bfe|l$the done exported,
muft.be eamedlbjjdnd t jo a lit t fe ^ e , called Portiffifelouf mifes
oik on the Nêrt-h qoaft, .whefe.jip fhjps of burthen can-feely takq
in ,their loading J and:what is nqfce^qrtqd, ia?dî§içffcdWiie,;nelgh-
baurhood b£ an hxp.efevUand-carmge, In, fonie placesf yve hâve §
wry red flat in fmaH fl#ers, the,«j||y4ife qf whi<dkras,,*feas I hawe
learnt, is, thfedtijfeveMhe mafpmahd carpenter* to fe cu n d .mark
oufc their work*;}#!
In the next placeJet ,us take,a y w o f jthqfe.ftofes, VfhiclAonff#
of a larger grit» and a taore fempoufecied nature, ■ than wh^are.gdne
before. And, firft, o f theffIee-ffQn©s,br l&fjs armdceûs : This is, of‘ t*yy®
. forts; the frèérftone confifting of f e d and„fparÿand that wljiehponfiff?
o f a f e d and: quartz,, hdTkepuréft-jke^lfonS OE 0 G that neâreft
to the natuVes iof Portland, Oxford, andi(iajEh-ftqhe)l:tihat I ■ have
feen raifed in Cornwall, and indeed cthç only one -that) may be^ftr-idly
Ib jcalled, .as far as I j?fit know» if found in „the pariffyes- a f nfpy
fed Lower St, Columb, in the, latter; ofn^hickrparilhes it'Wafces-a
firatttniy about twelve Téet. thick, ;
may be bad in, great ^quantities, and q f iafehffkajiy .dtmenffbns,
.nearly level with the, furface of the ground, pndr contiguous ,to the
;fëa. ItS" grit' is.oflkl finall yellowiffb &ntk< tfeaentedb together bÿ
, cjpaT. JÇlfat which has been e&pofed to the ’ air dor any, /time i§ -very
hard, 1(as- we may, lèe, in-tiie, oldj^ûrêh.s^àktbwerî'of Cfirantoe,
.whiieh are built in groat part of this ffone : it wholly dhTohes in àqua
-fôrtis-, it weighs to, water as 2 -r |g to *. It febibeTwater plenk-
,folly, and rçtains it too ; and confequently wotild imbibe the moifl
Æerhent, and make a compatit clple wall, dry as brick, I f a quarry
o f this ftarie were properly opened, no gentleman : in Cornwall
.needed to? fend to Portland; for, without qufcflfei» this ftofle?
, though not altogether fb fine, would ferve ail the purposes o f thatj
and it is fomewhat fijrprifing, that &ch a .treafeeaskhisijhhe might
-•prove with management, fliould lie bare to thd eye, and •& copve-
nient foK.water-camagp, and yfct.‘Mthertp rie^efed.:
only perfed free-ffone which I have feenin Cornwall ui fe t id Jbvgpl
places on the North coaft, ,we f e d a done of the ife ie f e d u r e
and materials, though incompleat, and in a date of imoeaturity., as I
imagine, .having never arrived to ,a hardnels fuffcient for ,ufè. ;T.fefe
ïmperfed ftones which are fpread here and thete among the Cwythiàn
-and Piran feds, are theiaccidentàl is^ a tiom o f a thinly difttafedlparry
or cor allin juice, blown up, together with the Ipray o f the fea, in
* In the pariili of Cinftà^a%;aiKls«lXe^nos,e..
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