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iince the year 1 790, prior to which the various kinds 

 of piece-works have not been brought under regular 

 or diAinft heads, though vafr. fums had been expend- 

 ed ; but the real fpirit of working by talk did not com- 

 mence till about the above period. To all parties 

 concerned, every day's experience fully demonftratea 

 the great advantages taflc-work has over common day's 

 labour, which lhall be fully explained in another place. 

 But to return. 



Wheeling or carting from forty to fixty yards dut- 

 ance ; the price by the folid yard is generally from a</. 

 to 3^., and fo on in proportion. When the fluff was 

 caft into the river, or immediately difpofed of upon the 

 fpot, the price was ufually fixed by the running perch, 

 commonly from jx. to los. according to the diraeofions 

 of the bank or lip, which in many parts exceeds fix 

 feet in height above the plane or general level, the bafe 

 being from fifteen to thirty feet, tapering to a point; 

 but the part of the bank next the river is generally the 

 moft abrupt, 



But the great expence did not end here. Vaft gul- 

 lies, and breaches in the edges of the river, remained 

 to be fecured, many of which were of fuch magnitude, 

 as to require a very ftrong barrier. 



Large creels or kifhes, made of oak and hazel, were 

 generally made choice of; thefe were commonly fix 

 feet long, four feet wide, and from three to five feet 

 deep, according to circumfhnccs ; and in many parts 



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