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which does much retard their building of Ships and their Iron- 
works : which would otherwife do them great fcrvice,anddo 
aneceflTary Kindnerstothisliingdomatprefenfy if applied to 
fave our Timber, which begins to be fcarce. And .Salt is re- 
quifite for their great advantages by Fijbery 5 if they have learnt 
to cure their Cod mdSturgeon^oi which they have abundance 
on their Coafls and Iiles ; and thy have the neareft approach 
to fecure the Englijh intereft on N'ew'fon^d-lmd , and for the 
Fifhery on the B^^^. Under one you may inquire, what accom- 
modations they have, or what helps for Salt about JSfew-Tork^ 
or other places in that ContinentjOr in any Ifles of the £^^- 
lijb Colonies. If a fufficient Sun-lhine and Induftry be not 
wanting in Ireland^ 1 cannot guefs what fliould hinder them 
to have abundance of Salt for themfelves, and their Fifhery, 
and for others ; fince they cannot want Workmen, and their 
wages, (as I am informed) not great^ if compared with the u« 
fual demands in South- Ef^glmd. 
4. In r^m'i days it was the reproach of our Trmf- Alpines 
(who dwelt mtich farther towards the South than we do) that 
on the Rhine there were then neither Vines, nor Olives, nor 
Apples, nor Sea-falt, nor Foffil Salt ; but were driven to the 
poor fiiiftof ufing burnt wood for their Salt : Ubi nec VitiSy 
nec OUa^ nec Poma nafcerentur *, ubi Salem necfofTtlem nec ma- 
ritimum haberent^fed ex quibu[dam Ugnis combuflis ^CArbontbui 
falfis pro eo uterentur, Varro de re rujh /.1.^7. The world is, 
as to thpfe things, much amended (fince thofe dayesj on this 
fide the Jlpes : And the Englifh may yet be minded to proceed, 
asfaras they can, to remove the reproach ; at leaft for Fruit, 
Wine, and Sd\t,CAto ^.88. teaches diligently, How to make vul- 
gar Sale {popuUrem Sdem) purely white. Columella L 1 z.r.jj* 
fliews, How to order our Bacon,and our Salt icolfo Sale^ nec 
mmium minuto^ fed Jufpenfa mold infra6io , dtligenter falito^ 
for our delicate Gammons,d^r : _ And there inftrufls. How to 
boil Salt, and how to feafon the feveral parts of Bacon • And 
/.6 f. I. for application to fore Eyes (a carious point,) he pre- 
fers Sdem Mvntanum, Hifpanum^ vel Ammoniacum^ vet etiam 
Cappadccum^ mintdetritum^ (^immiftum melLi. All our good 
houfewives do find a great difference between our common 
Bay-Salt, and the feveral other Salts, which are in ordinary ufe 
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