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height to the cornice 42, being a very large 

 and handfome edifice, fuch as no mill I have 

 feen in England can be compared with. The 

 corn upon being unloaded, is hoifted through 

 doors in the floors to the upper ftory of the 

 building, by a very fimple contrivance, being 

 worked by the water-wheel, and difcharged 

 into fpacious granaries which hold 5000 bar- 

 rels. From thence it is conveyed, during 

 feven months in the year, to the kiln for 

 drying, the mill containing two, which will 

 dry So barrels in 24 hours. From the kiln it 

 is hoifted again to the upper ftory, from 

 thence to a fanning machine for re-drefTing, 

 to get out dirt, foil, &c. And from thence, 

 by a fmall lifting machine, into the hoppers, 

 to be ground, and is again hoifted into the 

 bolting mills, to be drefled into flour, dif- 

 ferent forts of pollard and bran. In all which 

 progrefs, the machinery is contrived to do the 

 bufinefs with the leaft labour pofiible: it will 

 grind with great eafe 1 20 barrels, of 20 ftone 

 each, every day. Beginning in 1763, for a 

 few years, about 1 3000 barrels per ann. were 

 ground, of late years up to 17000 barrels. 

 It may be obferved, that this mill is very dif- 

 ferent from the Engliih ones, they not being 

 under the neceflity of kiln drying or drefling. 

 The expenfe, per barrel, of the drying in 

 coals and labour is 3d. and the wafte is i-20th 

 in the weight ; but the contrivance reduces 

 the expenfe of dreirlng to a trifle. The 

 whole charge of manufacturing the wheat 

 into flour in mere labour, is 9d. a barrel, 



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