: j x2 AGRICULFWRAMA SURVEY MW ' tories will one day ſtand in need of; and even now, the expor- tation trade has raiſed the price of coals ſo high, as to be ex- ceedingly inconvenient to many of our manufactories, and to many of the induſtrious poor, eſpecially in South Britain; and this 1n lefs than one hundred years from the commencement of an extenfive conſumption. What may wé‘ſuppoſewill be the price: of thém‘two hundred yéars hence# È?| To the above may be aged the great conſumption of coals by fire-engines,- many of which, inthe courſe of years, muſt| ſtand’ fill for want of that article./ jl The power of ſteam 1s ſo great, and the mechaniſm of the en-| gine 1s ſo muúch improved, that in alittle time‘it is probable H C vre may ſeé’a ſmall veſlel over the Kitchen fire with höt water, H Ww forcing an engine and worki Rs the churn. jn BER coal, this county alſo produces‘fione,‘of various|; denominations. Near Lantzftet(upon fhe common) is an| is extenſive guarry of excellent free-ftone, which! admits of a| uter fine poliſh.“Fhe county town(Lancaſter)‘is built wholly of| appl this ſtone, and, for its neatnefſs, is excelled by few towns in the Forn kingdom. Flaggs and grey flâtes are dug up at Holland, near| Ke, Wigan. Blue ſlates are got in large quantities‘in the‘moun=-|. Y tains, called Cédite and‘Telberthwaite fells, near Hawks-|] grea head, of which. many are exported, They are chiefly divided Wedl into three claſes, viz. London, çountry, and om flate, which| by are valued in a due proportion: London are the beſt,&c. ants, The beſt ſcythe-ftones‘are obtained at Rainford,‘and well| In tral wrought on the ſpot. Iron’ ore, in large quantities, is obtained| nate a near Lindle, between Ulverſtone EN Dalton, in Low Fur- i No neſs. Copper mines in the North Have been worked, but\ we without much ſucceſs,) 11e 1 fprin; ® Williams's Natural Hiſtory of the Möneral Kingdom, vol. i, p. 171 L by gr | aftern, | larger, g| Drietors | ánnexed | to the 0c E TER Unity of ZL=: L —s R