(3^8) 
The Stone of this place, which is foft, reddifli, grit, 
arid very friable, with ftiining Particles intermixt, is 
very apt to decay with the Weather, fo that all Old 
Buildings are very much defaced thereby, and the Walls 
which are Built thereof, are fo frequently out of Repair, 
that they have Officers on purpofe, whom they call 
Mnrengers^ who do gradually refit them, where they 
are moft worn out ; in fome places the Scone is in a 
manner moulded away like Sammel Bricks in a Wall, 
leaving the Mortar (landing. In the^ Stones, and the 
Quarries from whence they caitie. I ftave diligently 
fought for Shells, or other Animal Subfiances, fuch as 
are often found in other places, but hitherto have found 
no fuch things : But the Stone is generally interfperft 
with Pebbles and (mall Flints^ wbi(%, as the Scone de- 
cays, do difcover themfelves within it, as if they had 
been lodged id the Sand, whereof the Stone confifts be- 
fore its Induration* 
