"Who but a nest of blockheads to their cost,
Would build new ships for freights when trade is lost?
To raise fresh barks must surely be amusing,
When hundreds rot in docks for want of using."
Eight. Drying Malt by the Air.
"Of all the windy projects now in vogue
To fleece the fool, and feed the cunning rogue,
The malting bubble seems to be most fair,
Because our maltsters own they work by air."
Nine. English Copper and Brass Company.