If
It Falls Short Of Either, It Is Not In The Design, Painting,
Enamel, Or Other Ornaments, But Only In The Composition Of The
Metal, And The Method Of Managing It In The Furnace.
Our
porcelain seems to be a partial vitrification of levigated flint
and fine pipe clay, mixed together in a certain proportion; and
if the pieces are not removed from the fire in the very critical
moment, they will be either too little, or too much vitrified.
In
the first case, I apprehend they will not acquire a proper degree
of cohesion; they will be apt to be corroded, discoloured, and to
crumble, like the first essays that were made at Chelsea; in the
second case, they will be little better than imperfect glass.
There are three methods of travelling from Paris to Lyons, which,
by the shortest road is a journey of about three hundred and
sixty miles. One is by the diligence, or stagecoach, which
performs it in five days; and every passenger pays one hundred
livres, in consideration of which, he not only has a seat in the
carriage, but is maintained on the road. The inconveniences
attending this way of travelling are these. You are crouded into
the carriage, to the number of eight persons, so as to sit very
uneasy, and sometimes run the risque of being stifled among very
indifferent company. You are hurried out of bed, at four, three,
nay often at two o'clock in the morning. You are obliged to eat
in the French way, which is very disagreeable to an English
palate; and, at Chalons, you must embark upon the Saone in a
boat, which conveys you to Lyons, so that the two last days of
your journey are by water.
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