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tion, and all moved by water. But I cannot 

 conceive the neceffity of their executing io 

 much of the remaining work by manual la- 

 bour. I obferved eight flout fellows ham- 

 mering an anchor in fpots, which might evi- 

 dently be ftruck by a hammer, or hammers, 

 moved by water upon a vaft anvil, the an- 

 chor to be moved with the utmoft eafe and 

 quicknefs, to vary the feat of the ftrokes. 

 It is idle to objed: the difficulty of railing 

 fuch a machine; there are no impoflibilities 

 in mechanics : An anchor of twenty tons 

 may, undoubtedly, be managed with as 

 much eafe as a pin. In other works be- 

 fides the anchor-making, I thought I ob- 

 ferved a waite of ftrength. 



In the road from Newcaftle to the works, 

 upon rifmg the firft hill, there is a mod: no- 

 ble view into an extenfive vale : Cultivated 

 rifing inclofures, furrounding a prodigious 

 fine water, (the river Tyne) which has the 

 appearance of a lake, feveral miles long, 

 and of a great breadth. In the middle an 

 ifland of an irregular oblong fhape, fcattered 

 with trees : The whole water enlivened 

 with numerous boats, failing to and from 

 Newcaftle: The river lofesitfelf at each end, 

 under waving hills. Upon the whole it has 

 the appearance of one of the fineft lakes in 

 • the world. At Newcaftle, 



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