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three Days, till they think it fufficiently heat- 

 ed ; then they pour-in Water till they have | 

 quencht it, which alfb flacks and molifies I 

 both Stone and Mineral both being cold, ^ 

 they dig again, take out all the crumbled 

 ftuffand dig up what they can befides, before 

 they heat it anew ^ the Cruft feldom is thicker 

 than three or four Foot, which ceafing, they 

 come to a Vein of Earth, that ufually runs 

 under the Rock tvvo or three Furlongs ; fome- 

 times much further : This they dig all out 

 and fearch, ^and if their firft attempt prove 

 fuccefsful, they go toWork ^gain (digging 

 after the fame manner) as deep as they can, 

 till they come to Water \ for the drawing 

 whereof, wanting the help of Engins, knowa 

 in Europe^ they can go no deeper, although 

 the Vein lie lower ; all lumps of the Mineral 

 they break' in pieces, and frequently find Di- 

 amonds enclofed in them- To Work on 

 thefe Mines is very expenfive,- but the advan- 

 tage is commonly anfwerable yet in refpect 

 of the certain disburfe, that mufl: be before 

 any thing be found, they are not fomuch fre- 

 quented as others, where they may try their- 

 Fortunes with a fmaller Stock. The Earth 

 they dig out is Red : Many large Stones are 

 fouixd here ; the fmalleft about 6 in a Man^ 

 gelleen. They are mixt Waters, but the 

 . greateft part good,only of ill-favoured fliapes, 

 many cragged pieces of Stones, fome as if 

 they had been parts of very great ones, 

 others with pieces broken off them; yet I 

 never heard pf any that ever found two 

 feeming fellows, although they do thofe that 

 look as if they had been newly Broken. 



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