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rner being lefs periihable, arc ufed for foun- 

 dations, coin';, cornices, and the coping of 

 ridges and gables ; the latter, being more 

 eafily railed, and requiring lefs labour in 

 drcffing thcra for ufj, are, in farm-houfes at 

 leaft, generally ufed in facing the walls; and 

 when properly hammered, and properly 

 forted fo as to give the thickefl: to the lower 

 courfcs, Icfiening the f ze of the ftoncs froui 

 live or fx to three or four inches thick, as 

 the building rifes, a neater material need 

 not be dcdrcd ; nor, if kept free from con- 

 llant moifture, one which is more lafting, or 

 which prefervcs the face of youthfulnefs fo 

 long. 



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foil itfclf is generally a limrflone gravel; under whkh 

 ja fre<|uently found a ftratum of thin flate like lime- 

 I'one, which increafcs in thicknefs as the dejth in- 

 cixafcs ; from one to four or fix inches thick ; lying in 

 general loofc and horizontal. Thcfe arc the " walling- 

 ibnies" ufed in the face of buildngs ; for which ufc one 

 <)f their edges is bammerrti into a brick-like form : ai> 

 cper.ition romcv\hat tedious; but not equal to that of 

 chiiicUing frecftone. Under the walling-ftones, an 

 irregular limeflonc rock (of many feet in depth perhaps) 

 is u'.ually found ; aad under this a bed of freeftone, of 

 mi fa: homed depth. 



