These blocks are sledged by band, sorted and hand cobbed to remove impurities; but hand cobbing is slow and expensive.

Everyone started making suggestions as to what to do but they were all pretty ordinary ideas such as lighting a fire and hope someone would see the smoke and come to rescue us and so on.

The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin, Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire: […]

I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.