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and Ciireing-houfe 5 and in all thefcj there are great cafualties* Ifany 

 1 thing in the Rollersjasthe Goudges, Sockets^ Sweeps, Cogs, or Bray- 

 ' trees, be at fault, the whole workftaqdsftill 5 orinthe Boyling-houfej 

 if the Frame which holds the Coppers , fand is made of Clinkers ^ 

 faftned with plaifter of Far is] if by the violence of the heat from the 

 Furnaces, thefe Frames crack or break, there is a flop in the work, till 

 that be mended. Or ifany of the Coppers have a mifchance, and be 

 burnt, a new one mufi: prcfently be had, or there isa ftay in the work. 

 Or if the mouths of the Furnaces, (which are made of a fort of ftone, 

 which we have from £>?<i?/*?;/^/, and we call it there, high gateftone) if 

 that, by the violence of the fire, befoftned, that it moulder away, 

 there muftnew be provided, and laid in with much art, or it will not 

 be. Or if the bars of Iron, which are in the floor of the Furnace j 

 when they are red hot (as continually they are) the fire-man, throw 

 great (hides of wood in the mouths of the Furnaces, hard and care- 

 lefly, the weight of thofe logs, will bend or break tho(e bars, 

 Cthough ftrongly made) and there is no repairing them, without the 

 work ftand ftill ^ for all thefe depend upon one another, as wheels in 

 a Clock. Or ifthe Stills be at fault, the kjll-^^cvjl cannot be made. 

 But the main impediment and ftop of all, is the lofs of our Cattle 5 

 and amongft them, there arefuch difeafes, as I have known in one 

 Plantation,thirty that have dyed in two day es. And I have hcardjthat 

 a Planter, an eminent man there, that cleared a dozen acres of ground, 

 and rail'd it about for pafture , with intention, as foon as the grafs 

 was grown to a great height, to put in his working Oxen , which ac- 

 cordingly he did, and in one night fifty of them dyed 5 fo that fuch a 

 lofs as this, is able to undo a Planter, that is not very well grounded. 

 What it is that breeds thefe difeafes, we cannot find, unlefs fome of 

 the Plants have a poyfonous quality 5 nor have we yet found out cures 

 i for thefe difeafes 5 Chickens guts being the beft remedy Was then 

 known, and thofe being chop'd or minc'd, and given them in a horn, 

 with fome liquor mixt to moiftenit, was thought the beft remedy ; yet 

 it recovered very few. Our Horfes too have killing difeafes amongfl: 

 them, and fome of them have been recovered by Gliflers, which we 

 give them in pipes, or large Seringes made of wood, for the fame pur- 

 pofe. For, the common difeafes, both of Cattle and Horfes, are ob- 

 flruftions and bindings in their bowels 5 and folingring adifeafeit is, 

 to thofe that recover, as they are almoft worn to nothing before they 

 get well. So that ifany of thefo flops continue long, or the Cattle 

 cannot be recruited in a reafonable time, the work is at a Hand 3 and 

 by that means, the Canes grow over ripe , and will in a very fhort 

 time have their juice dryed up , and will not be worth the grin- 

 ding. 



Now to recruit thefe Cattle, Horfes, Caihels, and Afiinigos , wha 

 are all liable to thefe mifchanccs and decayes. Merchants muft be con- 

 fulted, (hips provided, and a competent Cargo of goods adventuredj 

 to make new voyages to forraign parts, to fupply thofe loffcs 5 and 

 when that is done, the cafualties at Sea arc tobeconfidered.and thofe 

 happen fcveral wayes, either by fhipwrack, piracy, or fire. A Mafler 

 ofafhip, and a man accounted both able, ftout, and honeft , having 



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