1 8 ¥r^pc-boats defcribed. 
^«.i( 599. except the Carriage : And that alfo is very 
cheap ; the Inhabitants having plenty of 
AiTes, for which they have little to do be- 
fides carrying the Salt from the Ponds to 
the Sea tide at theSeafon when' Ships are 
here. The Inhabitants lade and drive 
their Affes themfelves, being very glad to. 
beimploy’d; for they have fcarceanyo- 
ther I'rade but this to get a Penny by. 
The Pond is not above half a Mile from 
the Landing-place, fo that the Affes make 
a great many Trips in a day. They have 
a fet number of Turns to and fro 
both Forenoon and Afternoon , which 
their Owners will not exceed. At the 
Landing-place there lies a Fr^^e-boat, as 
our Seamen call it, to take in the Salt, ’Tis 
made purpofely for® this ufe , with a 
Deck reaching from the Stern a third part 
of the Boat ; where there is a kind of 
Bulk-head that rifes, not from the Boats 
bottom, but from the Edge of the Deck, 
to about 2 foot in heighth ; all calk’d very 
tight. The Ufe of it is to keep the Waves' 
from dafhing into the Boat, when it lies 
with its Head to the Shore, to take in Salt : 
For here commonly runs a great Sea ; and 
when the Boat lies fo with its Head to 
the Shore , the Sea breaks in over the 
Stern, and would foon fill it, was it not 
for tins Bulk-head, which flops the Waves 
that come flowing upon the Deck, 
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