in Rubble, between them. The Obliquity or 
Pitch, as they term it, in all the Works hereabout, is 
about Inches in a Fathom; and when it rifeth to 
the Land is called iXxQCrop, but in the North Baffsthg, 
In the Works near Stowy, and likevyife at Fartngdon it 
rileth to the North Weft, and pitcheth to the South 
Eaft ; but the farther they w'ork to the South Weft, 
the Pitch enclines to the South ; and e centra, when 
they work towards the North Eaft. So likewife they 
obfervC: as they work to the South Weft, when they 
meet with a Ridg it caufetli the Coal to trap up, that 
is, being cut off by the Ridg, they find it over their 
heads, when they are thro’ xhtRidg: but on the con- 
trary, when they W’ork thro’ a ridg to the North Fajl, 
they fay it traps down, that is, they find it under their 
feet. 
Coal is generally dug in Valleys or low Groundso 
The Surface in thefe parts is moftly a red Soyl, which 
under the firft or fecond Spitt degenerates into Malm 
ot Loom, and often.yields a Rock of Reddifli Fireftone, 
till you come to four, five, and many times to twelve 
or fourteen Fathom depth, when by degrees it changeth 
to a Gray, then to a Dark or Blackifti Rock, which 
they call the Coal. Clives. Thefe always lye ftielving 
and regular as the Coal doth But in thefe parts they 
never meet with Fire ft one over the Coal, as at Nmcaflle 
and in Stajfordjhire. Thefe CZ/Wj- vary much in Hard- 
nefs, in fome places being little harder than Malm ot 
Loom, in others fo hard as that they are forced to fplic 
them with Gunpowder So likewife in Colour, die 
top inclining to red or grey, but the nearer to Coal 
the blacker they gi%!b; and wherefoever they meef:' 
with them they are fure to find Coal under thenio. 
But to their difappointment ’tis not always worth the 
the digging. The firfl or uppermoft Vein at ^Sutton 
