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former are more commonly ufed, fincef 

 bricks are made before the town, and are 

 well burnt. The ftone which has been' 

 employed in the building of other houfes, 

 is a mixture of black or grey glimmer^ run- 

 ning in undulated veins, and of a loofe, and 

 quite fmall grained limejionet which run 

 fcattered between the bendings of the other 

 veins, and are of a grey colour, excepting 

 here and there fome fingle grains of fand,' 

 of a paler hue. The glimmer makes the 

 greateft part of the ftone ; but the mixture 

 is fometimes of another kind, as I fliall re- 

 late hereafter under the article, eleventh of 

 OSiober. This ftone is now got in great 

 quantities in the country, is eafily cut, and 

 has the good quality of not attracting the 

 moifture in a wet feafon. Very good lime 

 is burnt every where hereabouts, for ma* 

 fonry. 



The houfes are covered with fhingles. 

 The wood for this purpofe is taken from 

 the Ciiprejfus thyoides, Linn, or a tree which 

 Swedes here call the white juniper- tree, and 

 the Englijldy the white cedar. Swamps and 

 Morafles formerly were full of themy but 

 at prefent thefe trees are for the greatefb 

 part cut down, and no attempt has as yet 

 been made to plant new ones. The wood 

 is very light, rots lefs than any other iii> 

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