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HISTORY OF

Between the Flemhiider lake and the fivulet Ravens is the highestpoint, on each side of which the waters take different courses to theBaltic and German ocean: in this part the ground must be opened tothe depth of fifty feet. The perpendicular fall towards the Baltic istwentv-five feet six inches, and that towards the German ocean twenty-three feet; and the vessels will be raised up or set dot^n by means ofthe six following Unices: Hokenau, Knorp, Sucdorf, Sh’inkel, Niedef-holten, and Rendfburg. The breadth of the canal is one hundred feetat top, and fifty-four feet at bottom; the Unices are twenty-seven feetin breadth, and one hundred feet in length; and the least depth of wa-ter is ten feet. The canal tvill be furnished vtuth water as far as Stein-warp from the Ryder, and the lakes Flemhuder and Wester, and fromthence to Rendfburg by the lake Wetter, frorti which flows a rivulet thatjoins the Ryder. Common merchant-vessels, of about one hundredand twenty tons burden, will be able to navigate this canal.

The utility of this important undertaking will be evident, from amere inspection of the map of Denmark. It may be observed, thateven the smallest vessels, trading from any part of the Danish dominionsin the Baltic to the northern seas, must make a circuit round the extre-mity of Jutland, and are liable to be detained by adverse winds. Thisnavigation is so tedious, that goods shipped at Copenhagen for Ham-burg are, not unusually, sent by sea only to Lubec, and from thenceby land to Hamburg. But the completion of this canal will enablef vessels not exceeding one hundred and twenty tons, or not drawingabove ten feet water, to pass immediately from the Baltic into the Ger-man ocean, and proceed without unloading to Hamburg; or fail toHolland, England, or other parts, which in times of war receive sup-plies from Denmark.

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