* c amples furely prove, that with the atten- 

 u tion of government, we may be able to re- 

 " prefs the impetuofity of the waters, and 

 " direcl them according to our will to the 

 " greateft advantage of the country. If we 

 " abandon all to hazard, and the care of fim- 

 " pie individuals, we fliall never be long in 

 * c feeing the moft fatal effecfls. The evil, we 

 " know, increafes every day, until it be- 



i comes irreparable. The condudl of waters 

 " requires much underftanding. It mould 



: be under the view of enlightened eyes, 

 " who know well how to direcfl the necefTary 



; works ; otherwife we rifque the feeing ve- 

 " ry different efFecfls refult from what we ex- 

 " pea. 



" When we would wifli to conducfl a wa- 

 u ter over a dry foil, every one is not in a 

 " ftate of pronouncing, if it will be proper 

 " to undertake it ; becaufe all the world 

 " knows not how to calculate the advantages 

 " which may be procured by canals for wa- 

 " tering, or the expence of conftruaing and 



c repairing them. We ought, therefore, in 

 " all dates truly political, to excite happy 



c geniufes to ftudy the whole that belongs 



[ to the architeaure of waters, and to turn 



" their 



