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for fome purpofes much better. They would 

 ufe more of it if larger quantities were to be 

 had, but they cannot get it. A circum- 

 ftance the peribn did not fufficiently explain, 

 but which, in the mere outline, is worthy 

 of remark. 



They ufe annually feven thoufand bolls of 

 coals, at fixteen buihels each. 



They manufacture anchors as high as 

 feven ty hundred weight, carriages of cannon, 

 hoes, fpades, axes, hooks, chains, &c. &c. 



In general their greaten: work is for ex- 

 portation, and are employed very confidera- 

 bly by the Eafi India company: They have 

 of late had a prodigious artillery demand 

 from that company. 



During the war their bufinefs was ex- 

 tremely great : It was worfe upon the peace ; 

 but for anchors and mooring chains the de- 

 mand thefe laft feven or eight years has been 

 very regular and fpirited. Their bufinefs in 

 general, for fome time paft, has not been 

 equal to what it was in the war. 



As to the machines for accelerating feve- 

 ral operations in the manufacture, the cop- 

 per rollers for fqueezing bars into hoops, 

 and the fcifiars for cutting bars of iron — the 

 turning cranes for moving anchors into and 

 out of the fire— the beating hammer, lifted 

 by the cogs of a wheel ; thefe are machines 

 of manifeit utility, fimple in their conftruc- 



tion, 



