12. NORFOLK. 87; 



jlone in the county ; excepting a few flints, 

 thinly fcattcred among the foil; and excepting 

 the Jea-fione ; which, near the coaft, is ufed 

 inftead of bricks. J^f'^^-^t^^a^i^^A^/./XayJii/'j^vt-^i/^^^/^ trf 



2. Sea-stones, however, are, in unfKilful */:^7itA*' 

 hands, a dangerous material to build with ; for, 



being globular, their own weight, if the wall be 

 high and run up haftily, is fafficient to crudi it to 

 the ground : and, when carried up deliberately, 

 if the lime be bad, or the mortar injudicioufiy 

 made, fea- Hone- walls are liable to part; hav- ! 



ing nothing but the mortar to bind them to- 

 gether. Their durability is their beil recom- 

 mendation ; for, though the wall decay, the 

 flones flill are there ; and it is highly probable 

 that many of the ftoncs which were ufed in the 

 firil buildings of that material are flill in ufe. 

 When they are found among ruins, upon or 

 near the fite to be built upon, they may, if 

 fKilfully fet (and efpeciallv if the quoins and 

 jams be carried up with bricks), be a very eligi-? 

 ble buildine-niaterial. 



Weather-boarding is made little ufe of in 

 Norfolk; — in ordinary buildings, clay-dauUng 

 fometimes is ufed as a fubftitute. 



3. V/ith refpeft to the materials of the hcitse- 

 pAPrcNTER, oak is generally ufed for door and 



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