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Befides there are thick Stone Flakes raifed from the Bot- 
tome of the faid Iron Boylers^ once a week. 
N. B. Within half a Mile of thefe^nw^ at M^r- 
berry a Salt 7(?r/^was found by the Augur in boring for 
Coals 3 . 
Here, and at Midlewich, alfo at Nantwich and all along 
the l^ver Weever, which are places many miles diftanr, 
fink on either fide of the 'R^ver, and you will fcarcemils 
of Brine^ as I was credibly informed by the moft know- 
ing men in that particular : But yet it proves a venture 
whether the Brim will be ftrong enough to boyl, and 
turn to Account; and for this Reafon their Tits fome- 
timesf ail them, to their great lofs (as they ftiewed me one, 
which had been wrought to very great profit,^ by a fmall 
fweet Spring breaking into it, and fometimes the 'River 
Weever itfelf does them this mifchief. 
At Nantwich upon the fame Rtver, is one very large 
Brine-Pit : This water alfo plainly fmells as it were cor- 
rupted, or like Sulphur^ but notoriouHy upon a few days 
forbearance of the ?i \ It becomes Atramentous with 
Galls, 
It yeilds a White Sand or Stone adhering in the manner 
of thin Scales to the of the Iron Pans ^ in which 
the Brine is boiled. And thus much of the Chejhire Brine 
Pits. 
Wejton Brine Pit nQ2it Stafford. This water in the Pit 
Stinks like rotten ; with Galls it becomes fudden- 
ly Atramentous. It Purges and Vomits violently, and that 
drank in a fmall ^antity. Here are ufed Sand-pans, to 
catch the white Sand, and there are flakes of Stone ^\io, 
raifed from the bottome of the great /r^^w^ojy/^rj*. 
Droitmch inWbrceJiirjhire. The upper TF^V^ or Brine- 
Pit is very neatly kept, and exceedingly drawn, becaufe 
there are fo many Proprietors, and but a fmall P//^, com- 
aPhiL Tranf. N. 66. 
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