i£ It tain 5* or tf. days, the people are then neceffitatedtectnpi 
ty all the Water of the Bedsby a peculiar Channel » conveigh* 
ing it into the Seai which Channel cannot be opened, but 
when 'tis Low water. Bat 'tis very feldome , that it rains fo 
long a$ to conftraine men to empty thofe Beds, 
* ris obvious, that the hotteft years make the moft Salt| where 
yet it is to 6e noted , that befides the heat of the Sun, the 
Winds contribute much to it 3 in regard that lefiSalt is made 
in Calme, thanin Windy weather. The Weft -and Nortk- 
weft Winds are the beft for this purpofe. 
Our Country-people draw the Salt every other day, and they 
draw out of thofe Beds, mark't hhhy every time more than 
an hundred pound weight of Salt. 
In the hotceft part of the Summer there i$ Salt made evih du- 
ring Night. 
The Inftruments ufed to draw the Salt , hive many fmall 
boles, to let the Water pafs, and to retain nothing but th€ 
Silt, 
According to the of the Earth or Ground of the Ma» 
rifti, the Salt is made more or lefs White. The Reddifti earth 
maketh the 5alt more Gray 5 the Blcwifli , more White : Be- 
fides, if you let run in a little more water than you ought, the 
Jalt becoms thence more White ^ but then it yields not fo 
much. Generally all the Marilhes require a fat Earth, neither 
Jfpuogy nor ^andy. 
And as to the Whitenefs of Salt in particular, there are 
3, things to be confidered : Firfi , that the Earth of the Mari(h 
be proper. Secondly, that the Salt be made with good ftoreof 
water. Thirdly^ That the Salt-man , who draws it, be dex* 
trcus la this Ifle of iJ^r^ there are , that draw very dark S sit, 
and others ^ thst draw it as white as Snow 5 and foitis in X4n* 
totige. Chiefly care is to be taken , that the Earth at the bot- 
tome of t^e Beds mingle not with the Salt. The Salt, wa ufe at 
our Tablei?, i! pevt^dly white 5 which i$ thence , thc.t4. orj^ 
hours before rhi Salt is to be drawn, we draw cheCreme,or 
that Salt which isfbrm*d bn the top of the water. The grains 
ofitarefmaller, than oi the other. Generally the Saltofef>« 
$0nge is fomewhat whiter , than ours. I do not well kno .v the 
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