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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS 1 i 
CHAT71R (Of to mcevm some heat as a preparation. When the first block 
...,OA_.. properly heated, if h placed mi an anvil ( 1 .?), and receives a few 
:ae>:; i a, strokes of a large hammer from tin a workmen, who stand in three- 
cavities (IQ) formed round the anvil, to reduce them to a proper 
level: and who thus knock off some ill smelted portions, arid much 
oi the adhering scoriae With a kind of hatchet the block is then 
cut into throe wedge* ; and in this operation the workmen show 
rrUiC - ; o-fcerity, The second, piece is then put into the center of 
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turn ace (&); Worn these ore •heating, the three wedges are again 
made red hot, and well beaten on. the afml (|3) by the three work- 
er* with large harn.mem In this state the six wedges produced 
A o i ore or noting w«?gh M fktrs, or a little more than 14-|- pounds 
avoirdupois , ana are sole to the blacksmiths' ; who are, however, 
A oged to heat and beat the iron three or four times, before if Is 
tit for making the implements of husbandry. The weight of the six 
e tc fifteen Seers, or a little more t ia;i 
pounds ; and they sell at from two to three Famrn.% or from about 
1-5' DA *6 : that is, from about 16s, 6d to M s, Qd, a hundred 
•weight, f rom this it appears, that the good malleable Iron, pro- 
duced by this means, A not quite, hi per cent, of the weight of 
■' The ore.. . : h;f ■ ' f -,0 ■' ; -rh'- 1 :' ■; r- 
Stesh i he same prisons also make steed. Good c lay is mixed with 
equ [uantity of dx hat n ■ [) q 3 
' ■ -r, is thoroughly 
mixed, by being trodden under the feet of oxern Jr is then picked 
clean, cod m w into <• up}>misV which are dried one day m the shade, 
and next day m the sun, A lire placed s then a:: ahg m form of 
a ps .. ill. og i un b\ | ng - s one • and t . 
niches ami a half high, pmm'- 5 fcp each other, At the distance of a 
hoot ahoyc .the stones As plat .A a .moil of cl t| : ,- eight -inches high... 
One end is duo vp, •. , the some manner, by stone tel' clay , the 
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