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has prov’d this Opinion falfe , for befides what has 
been faid of its being made at hcmington^ it was about 
4 or 5 Years ago begun to be made near tlewcaflle^ 
where it is ftill continued to be made and doubrlefs 
may be made at any other Salt-Works, where the com- 
mon Salt is made from Sea Water by Evaporation. 
Whether any Thing of this Kind has been attempted at 
any of our Inland Salt Springs, either in CheJJnre^ or 
Worcejlerfiire^ I am not yet fatisfied. 
There is fome Difference in the making the com- 
mon Salt in Hampjhire, from that about t^ewcajile : At 
the firft of thefe Places, in the Beginning of the Sum- 
mer, at Spring Tides, or at New and Full Moon, the 
Sea Water is let into their feeding Ponds, which are 
their Refervoirs for their Summer’s Working, and from 
hence is conveyed into fmall fquarePans, and again, after 
fome time, from thefe it is convey’d into larger Pans, or 
Beds, which they call Brine, or Sun Pans \ all which are 
made of Sea Mud and Earth. In thefe laft Pans, or Beds, 
it lies expos’d to tlie Sun and Wind, in order to exhale 
the weakeft Waters ^ and it is in thefe Beds, if the Wea- 
ther prove very favourable, that they can make as good 
Bay Salt as any we have from France, and at fuch a 
time they never bring their Brine to the Boilers. But if 
the Weather is not hot enough for that Purpofe, their 
Brine is expos’d fo long in thefe Pans, till it becomes 
of fuch a Strength as to fupport their Eggs, .made of 
Glafs or Wax, to a certain Height above the Surface 
of the Brine, which from thence is convey’d into large 
Store Cifterns, and then into Boiling Pans made of 
Iron, where it is boyl’d down (after having been fre- 
quently fcumm’d) to a Sea Salt. ’Tis obfervable, that 
whilft the Brine is boy ling, there precipitates a hard 
crufty Matter, which is partly taken out by Velfels 
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