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hardens in the air. The quarry is large, and of a great depth. 

 Mafons are continually almoft at work in it, hewing blocks of 

 it, of all fizes, for fale. 



A better ibrt, but not fo white, is in a quarry by a fmall 

 ilream, about two hundred yards eaft from the village of Den- 

 ivick, near Aln*wick ; confifling of Ihiall whitifli-brown fand, and 

 filvery mics ; of a clofe, compact texture, foft when taken out, 

 and hardens in the air, works into any form with the greatefl 

 eafe. It is ufed for chimney-pieces, and other ornamental ilone- 

 works. This quarry is troubled with water, and has a roof of 

 rubble and earth about three yards thick, which makes the 

 working very expenfive. 



In a quarry at Stony-path, a mile weft from Alniuick, near a 

 wood, called the Stocking, is a whitifh-brown free-ftone, with 

 mlc, of a fine grit, and eafier got, but lefs conformable and 

 pleafant under the chiflel. 



At Berlin, near Warknvorth, is a free-Hone of an excellent qua- 

 lity for building, fome of it nearly equal to the Port land -Rone 

 for colour and duration, of which large quantities have been 

 lately wrought for rebuilding that magnificent fabric, the caflle 

 of Alnivick, by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and much 

 of it carried off fouthward by export, for building a nobleman's 

 feat near London, as I am informed. The roof has about eight 

 feet of rubble and earth in fome parts. 



By the fea, near Hoivlck, is a free-flone reckoned very good 

 for building. It is of a more coarfe grit than the Ifer/jfl-ftone, 

 and of a lefs bright colour. It is ufed for ftone-ileps, pavements, 

 and other (lone-works, bearing the weather well. The feat and 



fine 



