"2 3 5 Kovw&far 1748. 



pods, in which their hinges are fattened, made 

 of this ft one -, and, in feveral public buildings, 

 fuch as the houfe of affembly for the province, 

 the whole lower wall is built of it, and in other 

 houfes the corners are laid out with it. 



THE Salt, which is ufed in the Englijh North 

 American colonies, is brought from the Wejl In- 

 dies. The Indians have in fome places fait 

 fprings, from which they get fait by boiling. I 

 mall in the fequel have occafion to defcribe fome 

 of them. Mr. Franklin was of opinion, that the 

 people in Penfyhania could eafier make good fait 

 of iea water, than in New England, where fome- 

 times fait is made of the fea water on their 

 coaft ; though their fituation is more northerly. 

 Lead-ore has been difcovered in Penfyhania, but 

 as it is not to be met with in quantity, no body 

 ever attempted to ufe it. Loadflones of confider- 

 able goodnefs have likewife been found; and. I 

 rnyfelf poffefs feveral pretty pieces of them. 



IRON is dug in fuch great quantities in Pen* 

 filucmia, and in the other American provinces of 

 the Englifv, that they could provide with that 

 commodity not only England, but almoft all 

 Europe, and perhaps the greater part of the 

 globe. The ore is here commonly infinitely ea- 

 iier got in the mines than our Sw&tifb ore. For 

 in many places, with a pick-ax, a crow-foot, 

 and a wooden club, it is got with the fame eafe 

 with which a hole can be made in a hard foil : 

 ?n many places the people know nothing of 

 toring, blafting, and firing ; and the ore is like- 

 wile very fufible. Of this iron they get fuch 

 quantise?, that not only the numerous inhabi- 

 tants 



