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 from the Vont-neuf at Paris, was lately at 

 Burjlem, and bought a large quantity : It 

 is poflible, indeed, he came for more pur- 

 poles than to buy -, the French of that rank 

 feldom travel for bufinefs, which might be 

 as well tranfa6ted by a lingle letter. 



The common clay of the country is ufed 

 for the ordinary forts ; the finer kinds are 

 made of clay from Devonjlnre and Dorfet- 

 Jhirey chiefly from Biddeford-, but the flints 

 from the 'Thames are all brought rough by 

 fea, either to Liverpool or Hull, and fo 

 by Burton. There is no conjecture formed 

 of the original reafon of fixing the manu- 

 facture in this fpot, except for the conve- 

 nience of plenty of coals, which abound 

 under all the country. 



The flints are firft ground in mills, and 

 the clay prepared by breaking, wafliing, 

 and fifting, and then they are mixed in the 

 requiflte proportions. The flints are bought 

 firft by the people about the country ; and 

 by them burnt and ground, and fold to the 

 manufadiurers by the peck. 



It is then laid in large quantities, on 



kilns, to evaporate the moifl:ure; but this 



\ is a nice work, as it muft not be too dry : 



Next it is beat with large wooden ham- 



X 2 mers. 



