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'lo^ . . Chfcrvations upon the art of 



fcriptlon of focletyJ ' From this foiirce, refults that fubflantial 



. advantage, to reaUze which, the pubUc has an undoubted claini 

 npon the energy and exertions of individual citizens. An 



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enterprife, which aflbciates private emolument with general 

 interefk, may with pecuUar propriety be .recommended to the 

 confideration of the^conimunitYr 



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While then the a(5live labourer is employed in explor* 

 ing the bowels of the earth for riches* while the adventurous 

 fcaman hazards his iafety upon the ftormy billows,, traverling- 

 the mighty deep in purfuit of treafure, Ihall we not reach forth 

 our hands to receive that hount^ij^f providence, which con- 

 ftantly floWs at our fiioxes, and daily walhes the borders of our 

 farms ? 



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Thefe preliminary remarks have reference to the art of ex- 

 cra<S^g^ common fait from fea water by evaporation, which 

 till within a Ihort period was unknown among the inhabitanfs 

 of this country, and even at this time a knowledge of the bufi« 

 nefs is confined- almoft exclufiinely ta diefhores of Cape Cod. 



A want of particular inforuiation refpetf^^ng this produd^ive 

 l>ranch of manufacflure, has Iiitherto prevented its being more 

 ^xtetiiively beneficial. An apology therefore 'for this commu- 

 mcation, were it not for it& imperfecflions, would be unnecei^ 

 fary. Let it however be obferved, that in endeavouring to 

 aflift the uninformed artift, I am not folicitous to vie with thof^ 

 who are in purfuit of literary fame. - *" • 



The method of preparing and refining- fait in the fakerns in 



different parts of Europe, HFould not comport " with the circtm^ 



ftances 



