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fTances of our country. The fuperlor advantages of our pro- 

 cedure confifls in diffipating tlie water wltliout the expenfe o 

 fuel, the furnace and other apparatus for boiling^. *» The fuel 



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alone expended in fome of their falterns, cofls more than tvwj 

 thirds the vahie of the fait." Omitting therefore any particu- 

 lar detail refpeding the proceffes ufed in the- preparation of fait 

 in other parts of the world, the fubfequent obfervations will 

 relate entirely to t}ie fuccefsful experiments, which commenced 

 with, and are now profecuted by the induftrious inhabitants 

 of Cape Cod. 



During the diflrefsful period of our revolutionary war, Mr. 

 John Sears, with two or three aflbciates^, vrere the firfl who 

 commenced at Dennis the naanufacflure of fait by evaporation ; 

 their unpromifing attempts were deemed chimerical ; but by 

 a commendable perfeverance, they repelled the obloquy of the 

 incredulous, and in due feafon realized a profit exceeding their 

 mofl fanguine expecflations. 



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- The undertaking has lince been greatly improved, and be- 

 come an eflablilhment meriting puhhc confideration, and as 

 fefpecb the peculiar circumflances of the iiihabjtants upon the 

 Cape, may be viewed as an acquifition of ineflimable value. 



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The works now eredled in the county of Barnflable, from 

 their ad vantangeous fituation and extent, are calculated to pro- 

 duce annually an immenfe quantity both of marine and glau- 

 Ber fait ; the particular amount cannot at prefent be afcer- 



tdned One man in the town of Yarmouth, has upon his 



farm 



