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From hence towards the brick kiln oil 

 the right, and paft it, I obferved feme lands 

 lying very low, beneath the level of the 

 canal ; in wet feafons they muft be much 

 damaged by the water of the naviga- 

 tion. 



From hence you have a fine proipedt of 

 the Duke's houfe at Worjley^ and the lands 

 adjoining* 



A little further another brook is carried 

 under the canal, by means of an arch turned 

 for that purpofe. 



Next we came to one of the fpots where 

 the lime was found, which proved fo noble 

 an acquilition to the Duke. In carrying 

 ■on the navigation a vaft quantity of ma- 

 fonry was necefTary, in building aquasdud:s, 

 bridges, warehoufes, wharfs, ^c. &c. and 

 the want of lime was felt feverelyj the 

 fearch that was made for matters to attempt 

 to burn into lime, was a long time fruitlefs ; 

 at laft Mr. Brindky met with a fubflance 

 of a chalky kind, which, like the reft, he 

 tried ; but found (though it was of a lime., 

 ftone nature) that, for want of adhefion in 

 the parts, it would not make lime. This 

 inoft inventive genius happily fell upon an 

 expedient to remedy this misfortune. He 



thought 



