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The Porcelane works are very famous ; 

 but not carried to that degree of perR- Hon 

 which fome have alTerted : the clearnefs 

 of the ground, and the beauty of the 

 paintings, are neither of them equal to the 

 Drefden, which it is pity they do not aim, 

 with more fpirit, to equal, and then ex- 

 cel. It is well known that all the por- 

 celane in Europe may be melted in a Dref- 

 Aen cup, unhurt j and that the Drcfdm 

 cup will itfelf melt in an old China one, 

 unhurt ; which (hews the amazing perfec- 

 tion that empire had long ago attained in. 

 every part of the curious arts that do not 

 depend on defign. The earnings of th« 

 people employed at Worcejicr are various. 



Men from I2x. to 3 /. i 5 x. a week 



The Labourers 6 s. and js. 



Children i j. to 3 s. 



From Worcejler I took the road to O.v- 

 ford, through a country whofe agriculture 

 is extremely various. At Perjhore I made 

 enquiries, and found that the foil is all of 

 the heavy kind, either clay or loam : lu- 

 clofed lands lett from 15/. to 20s. p^'r 

 acre. The open at i o .r. Farms from 60 /. 



to 150/. 



Their 



