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and genuine, or in fufficient Quantities for thefe 
Purpofes. All the Ufe I find made of it among 
.them, is to make hard Soap; altho' they fay what 
they have of it fpoils their foft Soap, by making it 
curdle. This is well known to be the EfFc&s of 
Sea-Salt ; and Mr. de JuJJieu and others tell us, that 
the true Barrilha is often adulterated with Sea- 
weeds, which contain fucha marine Salt; fo that it 
is probably only this adulterated Sort that they have. 
Accordingly, all the Barrilha I have found here, 
was of a dark-brown Colour, and very foul and pon- 
derous; whereas the true Sort is faid, by all who 
know it, to be more porous, pure, and of a bluifh 
Colour. It is for this Reafon in all Probability, 
that, notwithftanding ail the Barrilha our Work- 
men have at fo dear a Rate from Spain , yet they 
can never make fo good Soap, as what comes from 
thence, and fome other Places. 
The only Way then, by which we are likely to 
have this Commodity either pure and genuine, or in 
fufficient Quantities at a reafonable Rate, is from the 
Herb itfelf that produces it. Whether or not it would 
grow in England is not known, as I believe it has 
never been tried: But there is no doubt but it would 
grow very well in our .Colonies in America , as I 
am certainly informed it does in the Spantfh Colo- 
nies there, where they have great Plenty of it ; and 
a Sort that is indigenous, particularly in Eerily 
which might probably be found in our Colonies, if 
fought for by thofe who knew it. But wherever it 
will grow in any of the English Dominions, there 
is no doubt but it would be a confidcrable Improve- 
ment, where Pot-afh of all kinds is fo valuable a 
Commodity, 
