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^ides which beat againji them more efpecially when 
driven by Jlrcng Eafierly JVinds, they are continually 
wafting more or lefs^ and falling down upon the Shored 
where the Clay being by degrees wajhed away^ the 
Fcjftls are left in great Abundance. So great is the 
Lojs of the Land at the highefi Parts, that fometimes 
near an Acre of it hath funk down at once, though 
thefe Falls are indeed extraordinary. 
Minder, Shurland, and Warden, are the three 
Manors to which thefe Cliffs appertain, the Proprietors 
whereof hire them out to different Owners of Coper as 
Works, who employ the neighbouring Poor to colleCl 
the Pyrites or Copperas Stone upon the Beach, at 
the Rate of about a Shilling per Bujkel, which they 
depcjit in Heaps, when colleCied, until a ^antity 
Juficient to load a Hoy is procured, when it is meafured 
and paid for. 
Fhefe Coperas Gatherers, from the Author's firft 
Vifits were induced to preferve and carry home every 
Fhing that feemed to their Apprehen/ion fomewhat 
particular, and having fince met with Encouragement, 
and acquired fome Information relative to what was 
rnoft deftrable by the Curious, they have generally from 
that Time referved fuch, until Inquiries have been 
made for them. Many rare Specimens, both native 
aitd extraneous, far beyond any equal Space of Ground, 
perhaps 
