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April 9, I put into a feven gallon calk of water, 
in the proportion of a pound to a hoglhead, fome 
white marble lime ; which was what they call 
fweated, that is wrapp’d in dung, without which 
fweating, it is faid, that it will not be reduced to 
lime. 
April 26, It had fome tade of the wood, and a 
fmall degree of ill fmell, which being fomething 
more fo on July 27, it was then poured away. 
June 15, I put into an 18 gallon calk 18 ounces 
of unflacked done-lime, made of very hard done 
of the Clee-hills in Shroplhire j that is, in the pro- 
portion of four pounds and an half of lime to a 
hoglhead of 72 gallons. 
June 2y, The water was fweet, but had a dis- 
agreeable tade of the calk, and continued the fame 
Augult 24 j but O&ober 17 the tade was fomething 
worle. And, November 12, there feemed to be a 
very fmall degree of a putrid fmell and tade. But 
the prevailing difagreeable tade was from the wood 
of the calk, which difcoloured the water in fome 
degree. 
I put alfo into a nine gallon calk two ounces of 
the fame unllack’d done-lime to a gallon ; which 
was in the proportion of nine pounds to the hogf- 
head, and found it much the fame all along as the 
former. 
With chalk-lime, in the proportion of two pounds 
to a hoglhead, it foon dunk much, and continued 
fo to do for four months. This was Thames-water, 
taken up below London-bridge, which is well known 
to grow fweet again, after having dunk for fome 
time. So that chalk-lime (almod the only fort in. 
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