64 MANAGEiMENT OF ESTATES. 



patches, with v/h,ite mortar, ouzing out of 

 the joints, and fpreading partially over the 

 furface, the appearance is filthy. 



In the ufe o1 rmgh-rcajl, or " flap-dafh/' 

 die Devonfhire workmen are proficient. 

 They render it pleafmg to the eye andi 

 durable. It is fometijnes formed with a 

 fpecies of fliining gravel, found upon the 

 moorlands, which gives it, when the fun 

 fhines upon it, a fplendid effedt. It is 

 ufual to draw crofs lines over the furface, 

 to give it the appearance of dreifed ftone- 

 work. Not only the practice, but the 

 theory of rough-ct^fting is here underflood ; 

 as will appear in the Minutes. 



The COVERING MATERIALS of th© 



Diflrid: zx<ijl.ate and thatch — prov. ** reed," 

 namely, unbruifed ilraw ; the grain being 

 feparated from the ftraw without breaking 

 it i in the manner which will be hereafter 

 defcribed :, a pratflice common, \ believe., 

 to the West of England. Straw thus 

 preferved makes a neat and durable cover- 

 ing ; and, when no other fpecies of covering 

 can be procured, it is certainly preferable 

 to thraihed il:raw ; wl;^ich, being lefs du- 

 rable,, 



