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near each other, which foon render the 

 furface pretty firm. Then his barges bring 

 the chippings of flone, and other rubbifh, 

 which arife in digging the coals, and which 

 are brought out of the mine exadtly in the 

 fame manner, only inlkad of going to 

 market, to be fold, they are converted into 

 money, in another way, by being brought 

 hither. This rubbifh is Vv'heel-barrowed 

 out of the barges on boards, on to the land, 

 which is greatly improved by it ; the fur- 

 face foon becomes found, the aquatic fpon- 

 taneous growth difappears by degrees, bet- 

 ter herbage comes, and thus it is converted 

 into profitable pafiure, without any par- 

 ing, burning, or ploughing. Some of the 

 longer fhivers of the flone will not crumble 

 with the frofts j fjch are picked up, laid 

 in heaps, and carried back to th« ftone 

 yard, where they are fquared for buildings, 

 or converted to other ufes. 



As faft as the bog becomes improved, 

 the canal is extended, for the fake of going 

 on with the work; and almoH: at the end 

 of it his Grace is building a fmall houfe, 

 for an overfeer, fituated upon land which 

 once would not have borne even the men 

 cmvilGycd nov/ in building on it. 



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