594 



Fire-brick. 



promising clay marked " Cheerra- 

 poonjee," evidently a felspathic 

 earth, proceeding from decomposed 

 granite/' 



4th Page. 1 3th. — " I should not 

 conclude this Report without pro- 

 minently stating that I have seen 

 a fragment of excellent Salt glaz- 

 ed Stone- ware, bearing the stamp 

 " Futtehghur," and which I am 

 informed was manufactured by Mr. 

 Jeffreys, late of our Medical Esta- 

 blishment. I have been unable to 

 procure any information as to the 

 materials this gentleman used, the 

 processes he employed, or the ex- 

 pense of the vessels. The manufac- 

 ture has been abandoned since Mr. 

 Jeffrey's departure from India." 



5th Page. 18th.—" Made a trial 

 on fire bricks sent to the Mint by 

 Dr. O'Shaughnessy, and said to be 

 prepared from materials raised 

 near the river at Colgong, and 

 consisting of three parts of Col- 

 gong Khari clay and a part of 

 fuller's earth, " Saboon muttee." 

 The brick was placed on its end 

 in one of the Mint parting fur- 

 naces, with another Stourbridge 

 fire brick, and fired on with coke to 



A few lines addressed to Mr. 

 J. C. Pyle, mineral water manu- 

 factory, Futtehghur, would have 

 brought forward a fund of in- 

 formation regarding Stone-ware 

 Soda water bottles made there, 

 which are equal, if not superior 

 to English ; also of the fire bricks 

 made at Futtehgur, which in 

 point of infusibility are superior 

 to the celebrated Stourbridge 

 bricks, although not so shapely. 

 No salt used in glazing the 

 ware. 



No information was ever call- 

 ed for from me. 



The manufacture was not a- 

 bandoned on Mr. Julius Jeffreys' 

 departure from India, but was 

 carried on by me long after, and 

 is still, with the exception of the 

 establishment not being enter- 

 tained, in working order ; for I 

 made it a point to keep the 

 ovens, mills, vats, buildings, &c. 

 in good repair. (Proof: the 

 manufactory itself, and the ma- 

 nufactory books.) 



