X54 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, 



the moft celebrated mechanics m Europe, 

 to fubftitute the moving force of the fteam- 

 engine for that of currents and water-falls, 

 even in the grinding of corn. On the banks 

 of the Thames, near Blackfriara bridge, 

 may be feen that grand edifice called the 

 Albion Mills ^ where two fteam-engines keep 

 in motion, night and day, fixteen pair of 

 mill-ftones, each fix feet in diameter. A 

 thoufand facks of flour are the daily pro- 

 duce of thcfe mills ; a produce fufficient 

 to fupply food to one-third of the inhabi- 

 tants of London. Four pair of mill- 

 ft ones more are kept ready picked ^ to 

 replace thofe which are worn out, in order 

 that the movciBent of the whole may never 

 be interrupted. Should this noble enter- 

 prife be attended with that fuccefs which 

 there Is every reafon to expeft, it will be a 

 great benefit to mankind, by inviting us, 

 through a regard for our own interen:, to 



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