( s?' ) . . 
no other Fuel ufed on this Occafion but dried Sticks, 
which they call white CoaL Mr, Ray informs us, 
that they ufe both white and black Coal or Charcoal in 
Cardiganp 'tre. I fuppofe becaufe that Ore is harder 
to flux ; the Charcoal making a more vehement Fire. 
They generally throw in fome Spar along with the 
Ore, which is thought by imbibing the Sulphur to make 
it flux more eafily. They frequently throw in alfo 
fome Cowke (or Cinders of Pit-coal) becaufe. they think 
it attrads the Drofs, and fo makes an eafier Separation 
of it from the Lead. When the Ore is melted, it runs 
out at an Opening in the Bottom Part of the Front of 
the Furnace, through a fmall Channel made for that 
Purpofe, into a cylindrical VeffeJ, out of which it is 
laded into the Mould. The Drofs of the Ore on fmelt- 
ing is called Slag> This Slag is afterwards fmelted 
again with Cowke only, and the Lead obtained from 
it is called Slag-lead. Their Way of making Red-lead 
is the fame with f Mr. Ray% Account \ only they ufe 
three Parts of Lead, and one of Slag-lead ^ and think 
that the Red-lead made thus is better than if made 
without Slag-lead, 
*CoIleftionof Englijh Words, Ed. p. 174, ^ Ibid, p. 200. 
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