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C( mposilion were measured, (according to the account fof' 

 mtrly given,) contains exactly thirteen gallons <)fwater> 

 wir.e measure, and would hold oxat tlv 1 cwt. 1 qr. 7 lb. net 

 of the sand used ; the weight of the lime I do not knov\, 

 and my being able to ascertain cxacily the weight oF the 

 sand, arose from my wagijon bcin<r employed to carry what 

 was used at V>oim| and East Coker, troni hence, and for 

 what I sent to Yeovil I was paid \s. Qd. per cwt. From 

 the sand here succeeding so well, Thomas Everett would 

 not be prevailed on to enaage to do anv of that sort of 

 work with hill or river sand, to be ffot on this shore. The 

 work he did for me was all by the day ; what he did at 

 Yeovil and East Ctiker he agreed for at eight-pence per 

 yard, of nine feet superficial measure for labour onlv for 

 the two coats, at tour pviue per square yard for one coat, 

 all the materials being brought to the spot at his einployer's 

 expense, and who also found scafTolding ar.d scaflold 

 ropes; this, I think, is considerably higher than by my 

 calculation of the expense of what I had first done he 

 ought to have charged ; but its being done at a distance of 

 twenty miles from where he lives, and in the most busy time 

 of the year for mason's w ork, I suppose must account foi it 

 in the first instance, and having once made that price, he 

 would not now work under; but I believe, for a considerable 

 building, and with sufficient notice, and being allowed 6d. 

 ptT mile in lien of wages and travelling expenses for him- 

 self and an afsistant, out and home, he would go to any part 

 of the kingdom, on being paid 8d. per \ ard tor the work. 

 It has been the general received opinion here, that plaster 

 made with sea sand, unless well washed in fresh water, 

 w(ui!d be always damp; but, on the contrary, I find from 

 what has bten done in my dining-parlour and passage, it 

 has been always quite dry, although the whole of the sand 

 with which it has been done has been thrown up by the sea, 

 and roust have been always at spring tides covered with sea 

 water; indeed, it sometimes happens that, for months to- 

 gether, there is none to be collected on our shores at this 

 place, that Everett thinks fine enough for the purpose; and 

 as I am now and then applied to for getting it, I have lately, 

 when my horses were at leisure, got a small quantity col- 

 lected and hauled in for my own use, or, in case of its being 

 wanted, I charge 2d. per cwt. for it, where it is deposited 

 As 1 design at some future time to make some alteration in 

 the passage done with the stucco in April \S06, 1 had foir 

 pieces taken off, which 1 tied up seoarately, each in a pice 



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