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for it had coft me upwards of twenty pounds 

 to erect the mill* I do not here eftimate the 

 value of the power given to the mill- work, 

 as that part was made already for the brewery. 

 1 could not in any manner fatisfaclorily ex- 

 plain to myfeif why corn fhould be fo much 

 worfe for grinding -, but I faw, a fhort time 

 after, another proof that it really is fo. I had 

 occafion to go a journey ; and, the weather 

 being fine, I got upon the box with the ftage- 

 coachman. He had a pair of very fine leaders 

 in excellent condition, which I took notice of 

 and praifed : but the coachman faid, I fhould 

 fee them fo tired before they got to the end of 

 theflage, that he fhould be hardly able to whip 

 them on. I expreffed my furprife at this, as it 

 was but a fifteen miles flage, and afked him 

 whether his horfes were foft. He replied, 

 No ; it was the fault of his mailer, who had 

 bought a quantity of bran, and mixed it with 

 ground oats and beans $ which food made the 

 horfes fo weak, that in fuch hot weather as we 

 then had they could fcarcely crawl after they 

 had gone three or four miles* " You will 

 prefently fee them,'' added the man, fC in 

 fuch a miferably relaxed condition, they will 



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