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as yet have no Water in then-). In the vallcy o£ Buc will be an Afie&St,the Middle whereof wilj be raijed 22 Fathom High, for conveying thcPools os Sarle, which jts faid contain much Water, though there b« not hingtut Rain to fill them ; this Aqucducl is 300 Fathom Long, and passes tbronghtwo Mountains which have been cut through upon that Account. TheValley also on both sides of the Aqueducl is Raised 11 Fathom High to maltePassages

An AqueduEl also is making near the Toner of Stone (where the Mills Raisethe Water ) which will now pafs vvithout Force to the Top of the Moun-tain; and there be part of it Distributed into several vcry great Cißtrns,which are making above Mac//, for that Place.

The Elevation of the Acjucducl of Mnintcnon is now fet fort^ at but 2.56aFathom ; whereas it was Designed to be carried on more thau 8000 Fa-thom, and the Remainder will be made of Earth, which muss be broughtthither: This Opinion prevails, in regard it gives a Quicker Dilpatch,though it may be doubted, it will not be for the Better.

Thele 2.560 Fathotns contain 242 Arcades, whose Aperture is 6 Fathonjand and the Facc of each Pillar Sustaining the Arches , 4 Fathom; therewill be then on the (ide of Mnintcnon 3 3 Single Arches, afterwards 71 Doubleones; ( as having one Arch upon another ) then 46 1 'reble ones; whichwill generally be z 16 Foot 6 lnches High, ( vi\. up to the Floor of theChannel) afterwards 72. Double ones; then zo Single , which will reach to theMoutsd of Earth , that is to be 50 Foot High.

From the Ground up to the Sccotid Arcade are 16 Fathom, from the Se-co nd to thc Tbird, or upper Arcade, are 14 Fathom, (which Arcades areDouble in Number to thofe they stand upon ) and 6 Fathom 6 lnches more,to the Floor of the Channel, which will at least be 6 Foot High, besidesthe Parapet.

The Pillars by the Ground are 8 Fathom Thick, but what with theSlopes, and Shortnings, which are made in every Story, the Top where theChannel goes, will be but 20 Foot Broad: There will likewise be at each Pit-a Buttrcfs jetting out one Fathom, and two Fathom wide.

The Intelligent Observer, though well Skilied in things of this Nature, asbeing no Srranger to the Writings of the Antients, or the Famous reines andRcmaindcrs of their Fabrieft in Italy , and other Places, profestes himselfSurpriz’d with the greatels of this undertaking at Versailles, and Maintenon ;for the Magnificence of the Design, the Number of Labourers, the Excel-li veness of the Expence, and the admirable Beauty of the Warf

VIII. Having been lately at FJgccot in Northamptonjhirc, at the HoufeTobias Cbanccy Elq ; he Ihewed rne in an Ancient Kitchin ( now dilüsed) two rTculLrChimneys, vastly large, of Stonc~H'oi\ . Which l took the more Notice of, be-/ 01 '* o/Arch-cauie of a Peculiar Way of ArchTVorl in the Front of them; whcreby,without the Adv*antage of a Dijcbarger of Timbcr ( which is ulüal, in such ->. iSä. p. 800.Gases, to defend the Arch-hfsrf from being Overburdened,) an Arch of massy 217-Stone (jn each of them) sostains it selfat a great Length, though alniost upon

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