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ter when they are laid upon the gable : the 

 lower ends having notches cut on their un- 

 der-fides, to receive the reduced points of 

 the upper ends, about an inch beneath them. 

 By this expedient the water is effectually 

 ^ot rid of, without endangering the firmnefs 

 of the coping •, but fimplicity being by this 

 means difturbed, the eye is difpleafed with 

 what, hov;ever, is upon the whole a very va- 

 luable improvement. 



On this fide of the Vale, the morelands af- 

 ford in great abundance ftones well-fuired 

 to thefe purpofcs : but on the Malton fide 

 of the Diftrift frecftone is lefs abundant : 

 ncverthelcfs, fuch is the ccnveniency of in- 

 land navigation, the Derwent brings a fup- 

 ply of thofe ufeful materials ready drefiTed 

 and fitted for ufe. And now, when inland 

 navigations are become fo prevalent, there is 

 fcarcely a difiiria in the kingdom which 

 might not be fiippUed with them at a mode- 

 rate expence*. 



3. Faves 



* The price of the iloncs which are raifed neai- 

 Leeds, and carried by water down the Air, and up ths 

 Derwent to Malton, are as follow : R!d^e /.ones fifteen 

 pence a yard, or five pence a foot : Copings the fame 

 i->rlce : ryradcis two niUlinss and fixpencc each. 



