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three fair Fifli ponds at Humurs-lodge, near Kidermh^er in 
Worcejlerpire. And I have niarvailedv thac in this Age of ex- 
pert Engineers amongft us, we have noc yet any Float iog-tDiUs 
to grind Corn upon fome of our Rivers ^ as in France. I 
thought ic a ft range and pleafant fighr, when the about 
Ori^^^i was all over cover'd with thick Ice, to fee fome hun- 
dreds, as we thought, of their floating Corn iiiiils drawn up 
into the Loiret^ within fight of the Spring-head, from which 
the River flows immediately. We may have 
iieed of fuch help^where Wears which hiti« '^We^nare^rtifss^ 
der the making of our Rivers navigable, ff^r^/' or stc^e. 
n 111 1 7 J f> VfAlls, formerly made 
Ijiall be broKen aown. borne years ago 1 nave great E 'vers^ to 
feen Ensins bought at London about 4 /. or ^^'^/ p^'^ of 
I • ^ ' J ^ D 1 t_ the Jtream for Corn' 
S L price, to grind Wheat or Bread-corn by rnui s whU Wears 
the hand-labour of a man, fufficient for a full rrMjiaii btdtmoujh't^ 
Family, without much charges. And fo was 
all our Malt groun'd by domeftick Malt- ' 
mills, in my memory. The Ancients did grind all their Corn, or 
pound it in Cities and in Armies, even in Kome^ in the Age of 
her grandeur, by mens handy labour. And becaufe many do 
difcourage themfelves from planting Cider-orchards, faying^ 
that if they had the fruit,they ftiould yet want many matters too 
coftly for them: For their fakes, I fliall here inftance^ that in all 
the neighbourhood round about us,they that make 20 hogftieads 
of Cider yearly,and much more, do pound all their fruit in 
Troughs, made for the purpofc deep and ftrong, with broad- 
feeted pounders, one, two,or three (as^heir need requireth) 
pounding together in the fame Trough* And to me they hold 
the paradox ftoutly, That without more coft or trouble, this 
.is the beft and cheapeft way. Workmen are cheaper in the 
Country at fome fcafon, than in fome Cities. And 'tis a charity 
to employ Men that want employment, rather than Beafts • and 
fomeiimcs *tis unfafe to truft, either to the Winds or to the Wa- 
ter. The Needle-makers will noc take it well, that Needles 
ihould be made as eafily, and cheap as Pins : Nor Glafs-houfes, 
that Glafs fliould be made malleable. ' 
Sir^ you faid very vve]l,that Cider- Orchards and Houffiold- 
Gardens are convenient Adjunfts for Trades-mens granarie?, 
AT. 1 3 1. /►796, But perhaps the truth of that expreflion extends 
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