252, The Natural Hiflory 



the only ufe of them, and in truth I think a very good one too ; 

 for befide that they are no way liable to fire, as the wooden Laths 

 are, they hold the heat fo much better, that being once heated, a 

 fmall matter of fire will keep them fo, which are valuable advan- 

 tages in the Profeffion of Maulting. 



9 1 . And which brings me to the Arts relating to Stone, they 

 have lately alfo about Burford, made their Mault kills of Jione ; 

 the firft of them being contrived after an accident by fire, by Va- 

 lentine Strong, an ingenious Mafon of Teynton, much after the 

 manner of thole of brick, which for the benefit of other Coun- 

 ties where they are not known, I have caufed to be delineated fo 

 far forth at leaft, as may be direction enough to an ingenious 

 Workman, in Tab. 13, Fig. 1,2. whereof the firft Figure (hews 

 the front of fuch a Kill, and the Letters 



a. The Kill bole. 



b. The Pillars thatfupport the principal Joifts. 



c. The /loping away of the in fide of the Oaft. 



d. The ends of the Joifts. 



e. Theftaces between the Joifts/or the Laths. 



And the fecond Figure-, the fquare above, immediatly fupporting 

 the Oaft-hair and the Mault, wherein the Letters 



f f. Jhew the Flame- ftone. 



g g. The Pillars on which the principal Joifts lie. 



h h. The principal Joifts. 



i i. Tbefiorter Joifts. 



kk. The Laths between the Joifts. 



1 1. The (faces between the Laths. 



Which firft Kill of Valentine Strong, built after this manner in 

 ftone, fucceeded fo well, that it hath fince obtained in many o- 

 ther places ; nor do I wonder at it, for befide the great fecurity 

 from/re, to which the old Kills were very fubjeft, thefe alfo dry 

 the mault with much lefs/we/, and in a fhortertime, than the old 

 ones would do ; infomuchthat I was told by one Mr. Trindar, an 

 ingenious Gentleman of Weft-well, who fhewed me a fine one of 

 his own at Holwell, that whereas he could formerly dry with the 

 ordinary Kill but two Quarter s in a day, he can now dry fix, and 

 with as Utile fuel. Now if Mauh-kMs or Oafts made with ordi- 

 nary 



