62 ' HISTORY OF

below Compiegne, to the town of Bevois, to be called the canal ofBevois.

Four canals are marked out near the city of Paris; one from the Oise,at the I tie Adam, to cut into an elbow of the Seine at St. Dennis,and then out of the river straight to Paris: another canal is markedout from the Seine across the country into the river Mome at Gournay:a third canal is marked out from an elbow of the Seine, above St. Den-nis, to Paris ; and a fourth canal is marked out from Versailles into theSeine, at the elbow at Sevres, near to Paris.

A canal is marked out to join the Mcuse at the village of Pagney,with the Moselle, at the town of Toul.

A canal is marked out at Cosney on the Loire, to join the Yonqe atthe village of Swai, to go down that river to the Seine, and to be calledthe canal of Cosney.

A canal is marked out from the little river Love, at the villageof Lignon, to join the canal of Burgundy at Dijon.

A canal is marked out from the Rhone at Geistial, to fall into the lakeof Geneva at Versoix, to be called the canal of Versoix.

A very large and long canal is marked out from the bay, near to thecity of Marseilles, to pass by Gardane, and near the city of Aix, to thevillages Foutouble and Lambeste, and return with an acute angle intothe river Durance, near to the fork where the river Verdon goes outof that river: this canal is to be called the canal of Provence. A smallcanal is already finished, cut out of the Durance to the small town ofPertuis: it is called the canal of Durance.

A canal is marked out of the river Tet, in the same bay, and is in-

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