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made of plank 3 inches thick) in which there arc 

 two holes, one for the end of the pipe, the other to 

 put in water as occafion requires, Without taking 

 off the lid. It muft.be well obferved, that the end of 

 the pipe is not put more than 2 or 3 inches within 

 the mil head ; for, fhould it be put too far in, when 

 the water boils, the bubbles or faline particles get 

 into the end of the pipe, and make the water brackifh 

 in the receiver D. To prevent the fleam from 

 coming out at the plug-hole f or lid A, I made a 

 kind of mortar, with wood-afhes, fait water, and 

 rope cut very fmall and beat well together, and then 

 applied it thereto, which anfwered my purpofe ex- 

 tremely well. Now my pipe is fixt in the ftill-head, I 

 fhall proceed in the next place to carry it through 

 the worm tub C into the receiver D. My worm-tub 

 is nothing more than an empty eafk with one of the 

 heads taken out, and in each fide a round hole cut, 

 of about 3 inches diameter, for the pipe B to pafs 

 through into the receiver D, which is fixt at a little 

 diftance from the tub C. The receiver has alfo a 

 wooden lid like that of the ftill-head, with a hole in 

 it for the end of the worm to go through into the re- 

 ceiver D ; care muft be taken, that no fleam comes 

 out there, as well as at the flill-head. An empty jar 

 will anfwer the purpofe of a receiver very welL 

 Notwithstanding the pipe B paffes through the tub C 

 of cold water, your jar will be very hot j I therefore 

 thought it necefiary to keep a perfon continually 

 wetting it with cold water, which not only kept 

 the jar from breaking, but made the freth water 

 cold and fit for ufe immediately after the ftill was 



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