12. NORFOLK. 91 



fn'ft farm-hoiife, are generally laijd with this ma- 

 terial; which is manufadured in an excellen; 

 planner, of various colours, and of various 

 dimenfions, from nine inches to eighteen inches 

 fquare. Two pavements of the lad dimenfion 

 make, for a common room, an excellent 

 Hearth. 



6. Lime is m.adc from marl^ entirely ; this 

 Diftritt affordinor neither limellone nor chalk : 

 Weft Norfolk, however^ abounds with a fpecies 

 of hard foflil — provincially, ^' caulk" — a kind 

 of hard chalk — from Vvhich lime of a tolerably 

 good quality is burnt. See Manure, p. 26. 



Lime is univerfally hirni with coals, and 

 oenerally in drawing- kilns: it cofts from feven 

 to eight Hiillings a chaldron Cmore or lefs ac- 

 cording to the diftancc of the carriage of the 

 coals), and is fold for nine fliillings to ten fliil- 

 lings a chaldron*. 



Bricks are lurnt principally m kilns; few 



\n clamps : the bottom of the kiln is always 



fet with bricks; while the upper parts are occa- 



fionally filled with tiles, pavements, and other 



ware. 



For 



'* 1782. Oi.7. 26. Four chaldron and a half of coals (thirty- 

 fix bufheli) burned thirty-four chaldron thirty bufiiels of 



liroe 



