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height. There is fcarce any millwright but 

 knows how to ered fuch machines at a fmall 

 expence, without my giving a defcription of 

 what is very common. But if you are in want 

 of means to employ your men in bad weather, 

 there is a more fimple method ftill, by faften- 

 ing blocks or pulleys to a ftrong beam, and 

 by main force drawing up a heavy weight, 

 which you fuddenly let fall upon the bones 

 to crufh them. This would be pretty play, as 

 diverting as belUringing j and it requires no 

 fcience in the performers. Six-pence per bu- 

 fhel is given to the breaker : the poor people 

 might do it by a hammer. 



Fifh-blubber is another very good material 

 for a compoft. It Ihould be mixed up with 

 good earth, and put in the middle, in the fame 

 manner as you put an apple and encruft it with 

 dough to make a dumpling. When the 

 blubber has done heating, turn it over upon 

 good earth, cover it in the fame manner as be- 

 fore ; and let it lie in that (late until near the 

 time it is wanted. The compofl ihould then 

 be turned over ao;ain, as it cannot be too 

 wdl mixed and blended together. Some ufe 



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