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quor always at Hand for the Workman to wet his 
Bricks therewith ; and if this Liquor prove too 
thick, dilute it with frefh Water. 
Obferve alfo, that the Mortar here is not only to 
be well beaten and mixed together, but alfo laid very 
well, and every Brick, or Piece of Brick, flufhed in 
with the Mortar, and every Cranny filled up, yet 
not in thick Joints, like the common EngTtJB Mortar; 
and alfo over every Courfe of Bricks, fome to be 
thro wed on very thin : And where the Work hath 
flood, though but for a Breakfaft or a Dining-time, 
before you begin again wet it well with this Liquor 
with a Ladle, and then lay on your frefh Mortar 
for this Mortar, notwithftanding its being thus wet- 
ted, .dries muchfooner than one not ufed to it would 
conceive, but efpecially in hot Weather. 
For fome very ftrong Work, the fame Mortar above 
is improved as follows : 
Take courfe Tow and twift it loofely into Bands 
as thick as a Man’s Finger (in England Ox-Hair is 
ufed inflead of this Tow) then cut it into Pieces of 
about an Inch long, and untwift it fo as to lie loofe ; 
then drew it lightly over the other Mortar, which is at 
the fame time to be kept turning over, and fo this Stuff 
to be beat into it, keeping Labourers continually beating 
in a Trough, and mixing it till it be well incorporated 
with all the Parts of the Mortar. And whereas it 
will be fubjeft to dry very faft, it muft be frequently 
foftned with fome of the aforefaid Liquor of Jaggery* 
Gram, and Myraholans * and fome frefh Water; and 
when it is fo moiflened, and beat, it will mix well, 
and with this they build (though it be not ufual to 
build common Houfe-Walls thus) when the Work 
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