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31. In plain, Vv^e fee the Morter in fome old 

 ruined Buildings, (particularly about Norwich m 

 Norfolk y2.nA St. Edmond's Bury in Suffolk) to be 

 grown harder than mofl if not all forts of Stone, 

 as it were in defiance to the deftroying Scythe of 

 old Father Time. And it is my fincere belief. 

 That if Stone Jugs or white Fulham Ware, were 

 made into the fhape and fize of Bricks, and then 

 well fet together with fuch good ftrong Morter 

 or Cement, a Building raifed up wholly of them 

 would be more durable than one made of the beft 

 Portland Stone y It might laft for more ages than 

 will the great Wall of China^ or the Pyramids of 

 Egypt, But further, if Crucibles (or Bremen Pots,, 

 fo called as being imported from that Hanfe Town) 

 were framed in the fliape and fize of large Brick, 

 and fo put into a maffy Building, I fee no manner 

 of reafo;^ why they fliould not laft as long as 

 Granite, or Porphyry, the two hardeft forts of 

 Marble : Nay they would not only ftand the wea- 

 ther for ages, but even of a very fharp affault 

 from that deftru6tive Element the Fire : I need 

 not take much pains to prove them Artificial 

 Stone, becaufe every body knows that they are 

 VelTels made of Earth, and fo well tempered and 

 baked as to endure the fierceft Fire, for melting. 

 Oars, Metals, Minerals, &c. 



32 The Porcelane Tower at Nankin obliges 

 me toaccquaint you, that I have always entertain- 

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