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 Salt, because I have often observed, that meat kept with this Salt shall be more fiery Salt to the midst of it, than I have observed, when I have eaten powder'd meat on Ship-board, which was probably done with French Salt, I then being on the Southside of England, and in a Dutch Vessel. 'Tis certain, Cheshire sends yearly much Bacon to London, which never yet had any mark of infamy set upon it; and hanged Beef (which others call Martin-mass-Beef) is as good and as frequent in Cheshire, as in any place; so that I conclude, that this Salt is fully effectual for any Use, and as good as any other; and therefore hope, 'twill be prosecuted in the use, that so the Trade of our own Commodities may rather be advanced, than of forraign, especially this of Salt; which if it shall please the R. Society to promote, they will lay an obligation on all our Country never to be forgotten.

Mean time, if I have related here any thing obscurely or imperfectly, I am ready to answer any new Queries, that shall arise out of this obscurity, or give larger satisfaction to any of the Old, that shall be thought hereby not sufficiently explained.

This is the Model of an Iron-pann of that proportion, when Four are used in one house.

a a. The Eares to hang the Pann by upon the Brick work.

b. The several Junctures of the Iron plates riveted.

C C. ''The breadth and length of the Pann near 4. foot.''

C d. ''The depth of the sides of the Pann, about 6. inches.''

a a. The Hot-house between the Wall and the Chimney.

b b. The two Tunnels.

C C. The Chimney-back, into which the two Tunnels conveigh the smoake.

d d d. d. The four Panns.

E. The partition-wall between the Panns and the Hot-house.

f. The Fire-places.

g g. The Ash-holes.

h. The Hearth below.

i i. The descent to the Hearth.

The Back with his stale, with which they reach brine our of their Ship to fill their Panns withall.

a. b. Several positions of their Loots, with which they skim, and gather their Salt.

a.a. Two Barrows newly filled with Salt; set into the Leach-trough to dripp out the Leach or Leak-brine.

b b. The Salt heaped above the Barrows and patted dawn hard.

C. The Leach trough.

A gutter, which they lay over from one Pann to another, to poure the Brine into the farthest panns.