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BUILDING. 



Bricks, per *ooo, lis. 



Oak, i /. 15 s. to 6 /. per ton of 40 feet. 



-Afh, 1 6 j to 3jf j. 



Elm, 30. f. to 40 j, 



Carpenter, per day, 2,0 d. 



Mafon, 2 j.* 



* Before I take my leave of Rifby^ a place I 

 have fo much reafon to remember with plca- 

 fure, I fhall attempt to give you fome idea of 

 what it will be when Mr. Elkrker has executed 

 his prefent intentions : He has begun his alter- 

 ations, and when they arc finifhed, he will Live 

 the pleafure of living in one of the rnofb agree- 

 able ieats in this country. The houfe, which is 

 a large quadrangle with three fronts, is jQtuated 

 on the brow of a rifing ground, and overlooks 

 to the fouth, weft, and eaft, a fine inequality of 

 foil well fpread with an old growth of wood ; 

 a winding valley runs before the fouth front, at 

 the diftance of 2 or 300 yards, the banks of 

 which are fringed with fpontaneous thorn trees : 

 To the north is a large lawn furrounded with 

 plantations ; to the north weft, but unfeen from 

 the houfe, is a middling fized park, all hill and 

 dale, and wood, exceedingly beautiful ; near 

 the houfe to the eaft, are ieveral groves of 

 young timber •, this is the prefent picture and 

 the outline of the future one. 



Mr. 





