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as from L&^on the South-fea to BarndaUe on the North; yet lower 
down in the North fea,though there be nor fo much,yet that, which 
is, is fatter and better then what is taken in the South-fea. 
Now befides thefe colmrs of Sands there is alfo a difference in the 
great^ej^^nd fmalnef of the grain.Even in the fame Harbour of JPlj- 
mouth 'm fomc Coves 'tis very fmalljin others greater grain'd; and is 
ufed variouQy for divers purpofes/Tis faid,that the [mall is befl: for 
t4]e Xemnt who only takes to tillage for 4 years, becaufe it works 
fboner and yields its fpeedy return. The larger grain'd (they fay) is 
better for the La^^dlord ^and the Land 5 becaufe it abides longer in 
the ground, and makes the pafture afterwards the better. 
. In Falmouth haven near St. Qjllaufe-cdifik there is a fort of Sand 
or rather Coraliine, that lies a foot under the Oufe^ which Oufe be- 
ing removed and the bed opened, this Sand is taken up by a dredg, 
and is ufed about Truroe^ ProIfUs,&cc. 
Weft of the Mount in PortcHthme-cQve is a Urge fhelly Sand. In 
Wbitfand'hay and about Sc» Ives^ it is very white and fniall. 
About Minver^Perwfmd^zxiA Lelant^ the Sands are bloiivn up by 
the wind,and drown abundance of good Land^foine Houfes,yeaand 
fome Churches and Cbappels are even buried with it. So that the 
Hills fides that are towards the Sea^may be thought like thofe fandy 
deftrts we read of in Arabia^mv has any Art been hitherto thought 
of, to prevent its devaftation. 
Now of all thofe Sands the beji are accounted, as to colour^ firft 
the reddtjh^ next the blew^thm the white. As to kinds^ the nioft fielly 
and the coralline are beft: And that which is taken up from under the 
Salt-water either by dredges, or being left open by the ebbing of 
the Tyde. lihe blown Sand is accounted of mufe. And generally if 
Sand be well drained of the Salt-vvater, fo that it may be more con- 
veniently carried, 'tis better than that which has layn long drying 
in the Sun and Wind, which take off much of its vcrtue. 
Thefe ufeful Sands are carried by Lighters as far up into the Coun- 
try as the Tydes will ferve to that purpofe, and there ihey are caft 
on flioar ; from whence they are fetched in fou^ places by wheels^ 
but in moft (by reafon of the hillinefs, narrownefs^ and badnefsof 
the ways) on Horsback;om Horfe carrying about 13 or 14 gallons. 
Seven or eight of thefe horfes tail'd together are calTd a train^\\'hich 
one man drives to 9 or 10 miles from the Sand-place, where each 
feime (or horAIoad) with the carriage comes to about 8 d. or ^ dAn 
fome places, though not fo much in others : for where it is dredged 
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