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thought of tempering this earth In the 

 nature of brick earth, cafting it in moulds 

 like bricks, and then burning it ; and the 

 fuccefs was anfwerable to his wifhes : In 

 that ftate it burnt readily into excellent 

 lime ; and this acquifition was one of the 

 moft important that could have been made. 

 1 have heard it aflerted more than once, 

 that this ftroke was better than twenty 

 thoufand pounds in the Duke's pocket -, but 

 like moft common affertions of the fame 

 kind, it is probably an exaggeration. How- 

 ever, whether the difcovery was worth 

 five, ten, or twenty thoufand, it certainly 

 was of noble ufe, and forwarded all the 

 works in an extraordinary manner. The 

 bed of this lime-marle (which I think is 

 the propereft name for it) lies on the fides 

 of the canal, about a foot below the fur- 

 face. 



Advancing towards Worjley, I was much 

 pleafed to fee many vaft heaps of the mud 

 that came out of the canal, mixed up with 

 dung, and ready to lay on to the grounds. 

 The Duke keeps thefe fields in his own 

 hands, and manages them like an excel- 

 lent huibandman. 



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