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There is another canal cut out of the above canal, near to Eyguires,into the great lake Berre, near the village of Istris, and which passe*by the village of Salon.

There is also another canal out of the other side of the said lake tsthe village of Pailiasent; these two canals, being into and out of thefame lake, are called the canal of little Crapone.

These canals are in the southern part of France. I so all now enu-merate those in the northern parts of the country ; and first beginwith the canal from Dunkirk to Furnes, called the canal of Dunkirk.

There is another canal from Dunkirk to Bergues, called by the famename.

There is another canal from Bergues to Furnes, called the canal ofFurnes.

There is also another canal from Furnes to Nieuport, called the canalof Nieuport.

Another canal proceeds from Bergues, by the village of Colme, toSt. Omers, and is called the canal of Bergue. This canal is continuedfrom St. Omers into the river Lys, at the town of Aire, and is calledthe canal of Aire.

Another canal, cut in the year 1681 , begins just above the townof Calais, and is carried across the country into a river near the townof Audriue, which runs down to Gravelines. These canals intersectthe country, and are not only useful for navigation, but for drainingthat low country, which otherwise would be a bog, and covered withwater, whereas by this means it is rendered, perhaps, one of themost fruitful countries in Europe.

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