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JUETS which abound in fo fingular a manner in 

 Norfolk, preclude, in fome meafure, the ufe of 

 artificial watering-places, except in or near 

 farm-yards : befides, Wells, in general, arefo 

 Jliallow, and their water fo excellent, that 

 both of them might, without extreme incon- 

 venience, be difpenfed with. 



The BUILDING-MATERIALS of Notfolk are, 

 .-•r:!-.. Bricks, which are here manufactured 

 with great ikill. The materials are good : the 

 lubfoi], in many places, is naturally a very fine 

 brick earth, without any admixture being re- 

 quired. 



Befides the common red brick, of which the 

 buildings of a farm are generally conflrufted, 

 Norfolk is celebrated for an admirable lihiteyOi 

 rather stone-coloured brick, which, except 

 on a near view, has all the efifecl of a well-colour- 

 ed ilone. Of this brick the firft houfes in the 

 xounty are built : for fo expert are the mould- 

 ers of this excellent material, that cornices 

 and even columns, with their pedeftals and 

 capitals, are form.ed of it. 



This fuperiority in brick-making is, how- 

 ever, one of -thole efforts of neceffity, which 

 are frequently productive of excellency in in- 

 vention : there is not, generally fpeaking, a 



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