ADDENDA.

It is in contemplation to extend this canal more westerlyinto the county of Somerset, to be called the Somerset CoalCanal, which see.

The line of this canal has been so particularly described,and in which so many principal towns are connected with itscourse, that little need be said respecting the great utility ofthe undertaking. The great and mercantile city os Bristolmust be very materially benefited, as this line will afford thenearest possible route between that city and the metropolis,whereby the ports of the two great trading cities of England,are absolutely united, by a safe, certain, and cheap conveyanceof a sew days only; totally avoiding the hazardous and tediousvoyage by sea, the disadvantages of which must, in war time, beconsiderably augmented by increase of insurance and delay ofconvoys. Besides these great and manifest advantages the bene-fits experienced by so large a tract of manufacturing county mustbe very considerable; and the staple commodity of England,viz. her woollen cloths and stuffs, must, by thus finding an eaiyconveyance to certain export markets, be materially and last-ingly benefitted : for if Englissi manufactures can be got to theports at a cheap expence, the great capitals and spirit of com-merce possessed by the merchants, will in most cafes find a foreignmarket for their consumption. Upon the whole therefore, itis fair to conclude, the line of this canal is likely to benefit thecounty equally at least, with any which has yet been pro-jected.

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KennetandAvon Canal.

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