338 A general View of the 



way; and one man at each end to (leer her, and to be ready at 

 the oppofite end to take the ftern oar when wanted. As, from 

 the conftrucrlion of the boat, flie is always in a pofition to be 

 rowed either way, without turning the boat, when manned, 

 the perfon who fleers her iliould be well acquainted with 

 the courfe of the tides, in order to take every poflible advan- 

 tage : the bed method, if the direfHon will admit of it, is to 

 head the fea. The fteerfman fhould keep his eye fixed upon 

 the wave or breaker, and encourage the rowers to give way 

 as the boat nfes to it; being then aided by the force of the 

 oars, (he launches over it with vaft rapidity, without ihipping 

 any water. It is necefTary to obferve, that there is often 

 a ftrong reflux of fea, occafioned by the ftranded wrecks, 

 which requires both diipatch and care in the people em- 

 ployed, that the boat be not damaged. When the wreck is 

 reached, if the wind blows to the land, the boat will come 

 in fhore without any other efi'ort than fteering. 



I would flrongly recommend pra£lifinff the boat, by which 

 means, with experience, the danger will appear Jefs, from 

 the confidence people will have in her from repeated trials. 



LXT. A general Vieiv of the Coal Mines worled in Trance^ 

 of their different ProduSs, and the Means of circulating 

 them. By C. Lefeuvre, Meinber of the Council of 

 Mines, of the Philomatic Society y &'c. &c. 

 [Continued from p. 240. J 



Department of Ille and Vilaine, 



J^ O coals are dug up in this department. It may receive 

 this fuel bv fea in the northern part; and the mines of Mon- 

 trelais and North, in the department of Loire-Inferieufe, may 

 fupply the fouthern part. 



Departtnent of Jndrc. 



This department is in the fame fituation as the preceding 

 in regard to the want of coal mines. It might be fupplied 

 from the mines in the department of La Creufe, if the river 

 of that name, which is navigable for boats only to Argentan, 

 were rendered navigable higher up. 



If the navigation of the Cher were improved, it mitiht alfo 

 fupply with coals the ealkrn part of the department ot Indre, 

 becaufe the coal mines in the environs of Montlu^ou would 

 tken become an obje6l of importance. 



Department 



