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At Worfley we pafTed three more canal- 

 doors, and a large ftream, which runs un- 

 der the navigation. 



Arriving at the head of the works, we 

 were much flruck. with the excellent and 

 ipirited appearance of adtive buiinefs -, for 

 the little village of Worjley looks like a 

 river-environ of London : Here is a very 

 large timber-yard, well-flowed with all 

 forts of wood and timbers for framing 

 buildings, and building boats, barges, and 

 all kinds of floating machines. The boat- 

 builders yard joins, and feveral boats, 

 barges, ^c. are always on the ftocks. 

 Next to thefe is the (tone mafon's yard, 

 where lie vaft piles of ftones, ready 

 fquared, for loading barges with, to con- 

 vey to any part of the navigation where 

 they may be wanted, either for building, 

 or repairing of bridges, aqusedud:s, wharfs, 

 warehoufes, ^c. &c. &c. the quarry is 

 juft by the mouth of the mine, and much 

 is brought out of tl^e mine itfelf, in work- 

 ing for the coals. Thus every part of the 

 whole defign ads in concert, and yields 

 mutual affiftance, which is the grand art 

 of ceconomical management. 



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