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of the remainder, more than one half had died whilst the others had removed the best way they could to the interior. -- The Salt is collected from the low ground where first the earth is piled up in small heaps, and afterwards thrown into [[strikeout: a] large troughs, formed of Canes and earth, which Contain water. -- The water is allowed to Strain through the trough (in the manner of a drip stone into a hole dug into the earth below it, from whence it is taken up in gourds strikeout: of or buckets, and poured out on little beds formed of plaster about 3 inches deep, where it is left to evaporate by the heat of the Sun which taking place in a few hours, leaves the Salt behind in pretty large crystals, whence it is collected in bags and carried by mules to the warehouses