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is firft dug it flits eafily, afterwards 
the Sun hardens it fo, that it will not 
flit at all. It is divided into feveral 
Beds, both longways and broadways, 
by Cracks or Rifts, which they call 
Junks: The outflde of the Slate, 
where the Junks go, is commonly of 
a Red Colour. At St. Elyns we 
palTed one Mr. Matthews Houle, 
riding on to Padftow., where is as 
pretty a Key as any I have feen. Mr. 
Prideaux has a Seat here. This 
Town is noted for ftrong Beer. Great 
Plenty of Slate is dug up about this 
Place, which they fend into' South 
W ales and it is a good Trade : They 
bring from thence Pit-Coal. Near 
Padftffw we faw great Flocks of Cor- 
ntjh Choughs. The Qannets they told 
us were almofl: of the Bignefs of a 
Goofe, White, the Tips only of their 
Wings Black; they have a ftrange 
Way of catching them, by tying a 
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