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^er.'j. What is the manner of their work? whether there is any 
thing ufed to make the Salt granulate ? and what it is > 
Anfxv, For the manner of our Work, that every man may know his 
own proportion,the Brine is divided intoPhafs wallings^a Phat walling 
is divided info 12. weaker Brines, and every weaker Brine is divided 
into 8. burdens, every burden being a Veffel that contains about 32, 
Gallons, whereof every one hath 6. burden of Firft-man^ 6. of Middle- 
man, and d of Laft-man/o that every man hath not only his juft pro- 
portion in quantity, but in quality alfo. This Brine is carried in Coo- 
lers to every mans Seal, by 8, fworn men, which we call Mafters of 
the Beachin, and 4. Middle^men , and there put into great Tuns for 
ufe 
The fuel which was heretofore ufed was all wood, which fincethe 
lron-works,is fodefiroyed that all the Wood at any reafonable diftance 
will not fupply the Works one quarter of the year^ fo that now we ufe 
almoft all Pit-Coals which are brought to us by Land 13. ®r 14» 
miles. 
For the Phats we boil ourBrine in,they are made of Lead caft into a 
flat plate 5. foot and a half long, and 3 . foot over, and then the fides and 
ends beaten up,and a little rais*d in the middle,whichare fet uponBrick- 
work which we call Ovens, in which is a Grate to make the Fire on,and 
an A(h-hole which we call a Trunks in fome Seals are fix of thefe Pans, 
in fome 5. fome 4. fome 3 . fome 2. In each of thefe Pans is boil'd at a 
time as muchBrine as makes 3 pecks of white Salt,which we call a Ladcy 
and is laded out of the Pan with a Loote, which is a pannel board put 
flope- ways, on a ftaff about 3 foot Long \ and put into Barrows,which 
are fet inBaiklls over vclTels we call Leachcoms^that the Brine may run 
from the Salt, which Brine we call Leach, with which wedrefsour 
Phats when the cold Brine they tirft tilled with is fomething boiPd a- 
way, In thefe Baftalls the Salt ftands till it is dry which is about four 
hours, then we carry it into Cribs ('which are houfes boarded in the 
bottom and fides ) where it is kept till Sold, which is fometimes half a 
year or 3 . quarters i in which time if the Crib is good,it will not wafle 
a twelfth part, the Salt it fclf being of fo firong a body, whereas in Che- 
jhire they are forced to keep their Salt in Barrows in Stoves to dry it 
and make it no fafter then they fell. 
For clarifying our Salt we fliould have little need, were it not for duft 
accidentally falling into the Brine* The Brine of it feff being fo clear 
that nothing can be clearer ; for clarifying it we ufe nothing but the 
Whites of Eggs^ of which we take a quarter of a White,and put it into 
a gallon or two of Brine,which being beaten with ones hand, lathars as 
if it were Soap,a fmall quantity of which froth put into eachPhat5rai{ech 
all the fcum,(fo that the Whit^ of one Egg will clarifie20. bufhelsof 
Salt) by which means our Salt is as white sas any thing can be^ nei- 
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