120 Mr. RAY’j Itineraries. 
the Rock, the like whereto 1 had 
before feen at Guy\ Cliff., and lince 
at Bridgenorth, Nottingham, and 
other Places, 
Augiijl the 24th, I directed my 
Courfe towards North Wales, and 
that Night lay 2L\. WeJl Chejler. I 
palled through Northwych, where I 
Jaw the Manner of making Salt. 
The Brine Pit, or Salt Spring, is, 
near to the Bank of the River, thence 
they pump up the Water, which is 
by Troughs conveyed into the Pans, 
where it is evaporated by boiling. 
The Salt, after its cryftallizing, falls 
down to the, Bottom, and they take 
it out by wooden Scummers, and 
put it in Frails, and fet it in a warm 
Room behind the Furnace, to drain 
and dry. The Salt is very white; I 
did not enquire whether they made 
ufe of Ox’s Blood, as they do who 
. . ' make 
