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ADDENDA.

Kennet andAvon Canal.

where are the head springs of the Kennet; from Crofton bymeans of a tunnel two miles three furlongs in length, it passesthe high grounds about Burbage, and again meets the day atthe little village of Brimstade, whence it pursues its westerlycourse by Wooton Rivers, Wilcot, Stanton Barnards, Alling-ton, between South Horton, and Bishops Cannings, to theprincipal town of Devizes, on the northern side of which itpasses, and goes between the villages of Lower and UpperFoxhanger, by Bulkington, the village of Paxcroft, and thesouthern side of Trowbridge, where it crosses the Avon atTrowle Bridge, whence winding by Ladydown Farm, itpasses Windbrook and Bradford, below which at Ancliff Mills,it crosses the Avon, and proceeds on the northern side pastWinstey, to Limpley Stoke, where it crosses to the westernside of the Avon, and pursues its course uninterrupted by theside of that river past Bathampton, where the complete junc-tion with the river Avon is formed.

It is proposed under regulations hereafter mentioned, tomake a collateral cut to the towns of Calne and Chippenham,which is to commence between Lower and Upper Foxhanger,about two miles to the west of Devizes, which, taking anortherly course, passes at a small distance Bromham, andproceeds on the western side of Sandridge House, betweenBewley Common and Laycock, to Great Lodge, whence onebranch goes to Chippenham, and another to Calne.

The total length of this canal from Newbury to Bath, issixty miles, having one hundred and feventy-six feet rife,and three hundred and sixty-nine feet fall, which more parti-cularly is as follows: From the Kennet navigation to Hun-

gerford