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From hence you have a fine profpect of 

 the Duke's houfe at Worjlcy y and the lands 

 adjoining. 



A little further another hrook is carried 

 under the canal, by means of an arch turned 

 for that purpofe. 



Next we came to one of the fpots where 

 the lime was found, which proved fo noble 

 an acquisition to the Duke. In carrying on 

 the navigation, a van: quantity of mafonry 

 was neceffary, in building aqueducts, bridges, 

 warehoufes, wharf?, &c. &c. and the want 

 of lime was felt feverely ; the fearch that 

 was made for materials to attempt to burn 

 into lime, was a long time fruitleis ; at laft 

 Mr. Brindley met with a fubftance of a 

 chalky kind, which, like the reft, he tried; 

 but found (though it was of a lime-ftone 

 nature) that, for want of adhefion in the 

 parts, it would not make lime. This mod 

 inventive genius happily fell upon an expe- 

 dient to remedy this misfortune. He thought 

 of tempering the earth in the nature of brick 

 earth, carting it in moulds like bricks, and 

 then burning it ; and the fuccefs was an- 

 iwer able to his wifhes : In that ftate it burnt 

 readily into excellent lime ; and this acqui- 

 sition was one of the moil important that 

 could have been made, I have heard it 

 aflerted more than once, that this itroke 

 was better than twenty thoufand pounds in 

 the Dukes pocket; but like moii :c mon 



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