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Some Inquiries and Suggefiions concerningSdXt for domefiique U- 
fes\ and concerning Sh^Gp^ tofrefervet^jem^ and to improve 
' the race of Sheef for hardinefs, and for the finefl Drapery : 
In a Letter from DoCior John Beal to the PubUfber^ 
T. Q^aL T gives the favour and guft to all our diet ; and 
1^ would be the bell and fureft prevention againft the 
Rot of Sheep,if it could be had at eafie rates upon the Downs; 
for which England is generally nioft concern'd ; For, Sheep 
do fupport our great Staple-trade, as is implied in the Pro- 
verb, That London-hridg hath Wool for the Foundation^ and that 
our Senators in Farliament do fit on Wool-facks. Therefore I 
here annex and intermingle the Confideration of Salt and 
Sheep^diS nioft neceflary coinmodicies, and not out of the road 
of your Uleful Philofophy ; nor by you omitted in your ?h. 
7ranfa£tions. Againft the Rot in Sheep Spanijb Salt 'is recom- 
mended numb. too: And the means to get Sale is defcribed or 
faggeded numb. 5 1,55, "4, 66, ig2. 
2. From the laft of which I will begin to follicite thefe fur- 
ther Inquiries : At what places about Lemington in Hampjhire 
Salt is made ? What quantity is made there Whether any Salt 
be made in the \[le of Wight ^ or in the Ifles of Jerfey or Guern- 
fey, or on any Ifles or Coafts belonging to England^Scotlandpv 
Ireland^ And what is the peculiar accommodation in L^-^;/;?^- 
f(?;?,w'hich occurs not on other coafts f What Kind of Salt, 
\vhite or b^yz&e.^ And, if it might beobtain'd from a trufty 
friend, to know, what is the gain by each Copper at Leming- 
ton \ the proportion of the Copper ; how many workmen for 
one or more Coppers 5 what their wages , and what other 
charges? Tothe purpofe , that where the wages or other 
charges are Iefs,and the accommodation not wanting, the fup- 
p!y for the neighbourhood,or as the Seas and Rivers may con- 
vey theSalt,may be encouraged. Note,that the brine at Nant- 
voich , contains a third, or fourth, or,when leaft,a fixth part of 
Salt. 
3. Mr. Winthrop by Letter told you,that he had the way of 
making good Salt in Nc^w-England in great abundance and at 
eafie rates. They comp]ain,that great wages are required there; 
which 
