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Where it appears above ground, it is fcl- 

 dom limeftone—— which generally runs in 

 flaty quarries. The grit ftone is that which 

 commonly is found. It is of fo loft a na- 

 ture, that it rives with a beedle like foft 

 wood, infomuch that the expence of re- 

 ducing it to the regular fliape ol bricks, is 

 but trifling : the advantages of building in 

 fuch a country are fufficiently flriking. 

 Some fpots of the moors are fo extremely 

 flony, that if the gentleman attends pro- 

 perly to the fituation, where he places his 

 farm iioufes and offices, he may have fre- 

 quently the capital advantage of building 

 in the midft of a quarry. 



All the buildings, houfe, barn, fl-ablcs, 

 &c. for a farm of 5, 6 or 700 acres of 

 land, may in fuch countries be raifed very 

 completely for 300/. For a farm of ico 

 or 200 acres, 200 /. is an ample fum to 

 afTign for fuch an undertaking. 



In fome moors it is true, the fbone is of 

 that hard kind, called whin (lone, but fuch 

 are not very frequent; limeftone even in 

 thofe tra6lb is very common. 



It may be eafily conceived, that this 

 advantage of building fo cheap, and at the 

 fame time in fo durable a manner, muft be 



prodigioufly 



