The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-05-16

nueof about four hundred thouiand pounds
per annum. Northwich rock falt is never
uied in its crude fate at table and the
employment OF it for picking or curing
heih or filth, or preferving any provifions,
without being previouily dilolved in water
and boiled down into white ialt, is prohi-
bited under a penalty Of forty fhillings for
every pound of rock-falt 70 applied. They
ufe this rock-falt for strengthening brine
iprings, or fea-water preparatoryto boiling
down. by this operation the people or
the Merfey, intead OF one ton of falt from
torty-eight tons of fea-water, can obtain,
by i%aturating ocean-water, four tons of
falt IRON the fame quantity of brine 70
made. The white fine falt is prepared by
a boiling heat. Sea-water, b~rine-fprings,
and rock-ialt, generally abound with vari-
Gus other earthly and faline ingredients,
inch as lime, magnolia, Epiomialt, gypfum,
Glauber's falt, sc. all of which iniure the
quality of the falt, and diiqualify it for
preierving animal leih every where, but ef.
pecially IN hot countries and f~eafons.
Therefore this Britiih ialt, which chiefly
comes to us from Liverpool and the Mer-
ley, lSa mott pernicious article of import
II IS both weak and impure. And, deceiy-
ed by its fair and tempting appearance,
the Americans have ufed it for curing their
hih, beef, pork and butter. in fuch cafes
iheie kinds or proviiions have generally
fpolled and become putrid. The fsptic
gaies (5) exhaling therefrom, potion the at
@noiphere OF our cities and hips, and infect
the people with pe~ftilential difeafes: the
way to avoid which, is to avoid LiverDool
lalt.
There are other fources whence the A..
merIcan States derive their fea-falt be6des
England ; to wit :
From the Swedim WNet-Indies !5ss,se4
pounds, and 2Sl9 bufhels. From the Da-
Nth Weft-indies I'll ,5o9 pounds, and 6a5o
buihels. From the Dutch WeG-Tndies
5S7,l6o pounds, dno l2,45s buihels from
the Dutch Eaft-Indies 929, 4o5 pounds. and
ois3buihels. From the Brftiilf Weft-Indie
l7,l65,7OS pounds, and 1897 bufbels
From the Britifh American Colonies 4o.64s
pounds, and ll,246 bufhels. From he.
French Weft-Indies 694,33l pounds. and
SOP buihels. From Spain l96,ss6 pounds.
l6,474 buihels. From Tenerife and the
other Canaries l4l6. bufhels. From the
Spanrh Wett-lndies, 1911 buihels. From
fioridas and Loui,iana, 1l6,oIl pounds
ana 1921 bufhels. From other Spanifh A.
lnerlcan Colonies 6SSS pounds. From
foItugai 5~,772,l24 pounds, and 2o7.e7o
butlicis. From Madeira 1864 buihels.
From Cape de Verd Hands 1000
pounds, and 1881 buihels. From Italv
Gl,s72 pounds. And from Europe rene.
rally, and uncertain ports, $50 bufbejs-
(Mr. Nourie's Treafury Statements. Sc
eth Feb. 1so3.)
Fheie kinds offalt, any, indeed, that we
import beidesthatfro ron Liverpool, NAV he
employed with fafsty in prefervine animal
heih for food. But that Britiih falt which
they make to fell ABROAD, and net to con
aurae at home, ought to be fhunned as =
; mott Pernioious Thing in trade, and the
cauie OF mcalcuiable fickncfs, death, and
lois OF property ~a1nongthe American con-
tuners.
AS oon as the ufe of Britifh falt is ia
continued, there will be lefs corruption of
the proviiions which form 70 great a part
OF our Weftindia exports {; there will he
le1S feptlc and venomous air eneendered
in the-veiiels which convey and contain
them there will be pr~oportlonalIv IeE
lckneiS and mortality from their mifchiev-
Gus agency ; and, of %courfe, there will he
LET'S and LET'S noife about importing. yellow
levers, &c. fromtthe tropical latitudes.-
mus, by degrees, we fhall learn not to
blame the Weft-Indies for our own m;Tdo-
ings. The evil chiefly lies at home, and in
our w %vefiels, and this is one of A.
modes OF correction and prevention.
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