174 Mr. RAYV Itineraries. 
Whitemawes., Sword-Fijhes^ Seahy 
&c. which we faw not. Near this 
Town are one or two Alum-Works. 
(1) The Procefs of making Alum we 
partly faw, and partly received by 
Relation from the Workmen. In 
the Alum-Mine are found very hard 
round Stones, which the Workmen 
call Cats-Headsy ob Similitudinem. 
We faw here all along the Shores 
the People making of Kelpy which 
they do, by laying the Alga fu- 
cus marhius on Heaps, and when it 
is dry^ burning it ; while it is burning, 
they flir it to and fro with an iron 
Rake, and fo it condenfes and cakes 
together, in the manner we fee Kelp ; 
whereas, lliould they not ftir it, it 
would go to Afhes, as other Plants 
burned ufe to do ; fi Jides autoribus. 
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(1) Of which, an Account may be feen in 
Mr. Haj’s Colle^Hcn of EngliHi Words, 
Whitby 
