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the atmofpherc upon the root of a building. 

 Or, if the materials be good and well -pre- 

 pared, the moulds be truly midc, and the 

 moulding fkilfully executed j — ftill, if they 

 be fuffcrcd to warp in drying, or to twift in 

 being fct injudicloufly in the kiln, they are 

 ^'holly unfit to be laid on as a covering ma- 

 terial ; and every judicious workman refuics 

 them. Were workmen in general, or thofe 

 who have the fuperintendcncy of w'orkmcn, 

 niore fcrupulous in this refpecH: than they ge- 

 r.crally are, manufadurers would be more 

 diligent in their endeavours to approach the 

 ftandard of perfedion ; by which means this, 

 in many cafes, mod eligible covering might 

 o;row into univerfal eflimation. 



3. Deal. In a Di{lri(5t furnilhed with three 

 confiderable fea-ports, and 3 river-navigation, 

 it is no wonder that deal fhould have been 

 long in ufe as a building material. Floors 

 have been laid with it for near a century ; 

 and of late years it has been ufed for almoft 

 every purpofe of building. Beams, joifls, 

 9nd entire roofs, arc now almoft univerfally 

 ipade of fir-timber. 



4. Bricks, 



