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 In general the men earn from 7 s. to 

 12 s. Women 5 J-, to 8/. Boys, chiefly 

 apprentices, but 2j. a week the firft year, 

 and a rife of 3 J. per amiitm afterwards. 

 Before they are apprentices 2 j. 9 ^. per 

 week, as they then learn nothing. But 

 few girls. 



In general we owe the poiTeiTion of this 

 mod: flourifliing manufadure to the inven- 

 tive genius of Mr. Wedgwood -y who not 

 only originally introduced the prefent cream 

 coloured ware, but has fince been the in- 

 ventor of every improvement, the other 

 manufadlurers being little bcuer than 

 mere imitators y which is not a fortu- 

 nate circumftance, as it is unljcky to 

 have the fate of fo important a ma- 

 nufa'fture depend upon the i bread of one 

 man's lii^?: However, ne has lately entered 

 into a partnerlhip with a man of fenfe and 

 fpirit, who will have talle enough to con- 

 tinue in tho mventing plan, and not fufftr, 

 in cafe of accidents, the manufacture to de- 

 cline. 



I took the opportunity of being at Bur^ 

 Jlem, to view the .irn?.zmg works carrying 

 on at Harecajile. Tho navigation I men- 

 tioned in defcribing that of the LVikc of 

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