in the Counties of New-Haven and Litchfield. 207 
ed a little audience into the piazza where, in a cool but 
pleasant evening, (August 27) the landlord was smoking his 
pipe. 
Manufactory of Anchors and formation of Bar-Iron. 
~ This naval taste was easily explained by the fact, that 
at this place there is a considerable establishment for the 
manufactory of anchors. It belongs to the Hunts—(four 
brothers,) and has supplied many anchors for the American 
ships of war. Very lately, they have sent off two for the 
Franklin 74 gun ship—one weighed 8000 and the other 
9000 pounds. 4 ied au 
fT rose very early the next morning to visit the anchor 
manufactory. Every thing was very obligingly explained 
to me, and I saw enough of the operations to obtain a dis- 
tinct comprehension of them. _ ee 
he iron is, on the spot, reduced from the ore to 
the malleable state. The ore is that of Salisbury—the 
wards rendered malleable in the forge. Mr. Hunt inform- 
ed me, that in this way, the oré yields not more than half its 
weight of malleable iron, whereas in the other mode three 
fourths are obtained. Indeed the dross rejected in this 
operation is obviously still rich in iron. I selected speci- 
mens that were brilliantly erystalized,—had the fine lustre 
of the Elba ores and a cae ware specific gravity. 1 
