■Subterraneous Cavern at Pa>is. o. 3S5 



" portent fur d'anciennes Carriers, & Ji a 

 *' bati des Pilafbres pour foutenir le Pc t^_.,^ s 

 *^ Maifons. Que de matiere a reflexion. [^ ' 

 *' confiderant cette grande ville formee, & 1 

 *' tenue par moyens abfolument contraires ! Ics 

 *' ClocherS) ces Vontes des temples, autj'nt 

 " de fignes, qui diTcnc a I'oeil ce que nous 

 ** voyons en I'air manque fous nous Pieds." 



" For the firft building of Paris, it was necef- 

 *' hxy to get the ftone in the environs, and the 

 " confumption of it was very confiderable. As 

 " Paris was enlarged, the fuburbs were infenfibly 

 ** built on the ancient quarries, fo that, all chaC 

 ** you fee without is effentially wanting in the 

 ** earth, for the foundation of the city : hence 

 *' proceed the frightful cavities, which are at 

 *' this time found under the houfes in feveral 

 " quarters. They ftand upon abyfles. It would 

 *' not require a very violent (hock to throw back 

 *' the ftones to the place, from whence they 

 '' have been raifed Vv'ith {p much difficulty. 

 *' Eight men being fwallowed up in a gulph one 

 " hundred and fif"ty feet deep, and fome other 

 ** lefs known accidents, excited at lensfth the 

 '' vigilance of the Police and the government, 

 *• and, in fa6t, the buildings of fevtral quarters 

 " have been privately propped up; and by this 

 *' means, a fupport given to thefe obfcure fub- 

 '* terraneous places, which they before wanted. 



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