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country would admit. This was the define of the nm- 

 in general i and it would have been the intercft of 

 ind, Lo rpool, and other towns 



iign in 



whh commerce, . time of war, was 



was however neglected by the 

 mei Scottifli nition, v, 



i deep . cr- 



powercd by 1 reluctantly to 



;ion. Mr. i, an able en- 



iie expencc of 



4, 7, 10, aii in merchants of 



of 4 feet, which, though 

 fufficient for the trade of that city, would 1 



red any nation in 



nvidiou. 

 canal fhoi 



join thr .;; thcpropoi 



dirch of 4 feet water was before parliament, and on the 



>k of b gentlemen 



trader to the trifling 



^n, and, fortunate! ie public, obtained a 



bill extending the depth of water to 7 feet f . It now 



ime 



* Hi \i\% tikcd V f a canal of 14 feet was pra 



cable betv tie affirmative ; adding, 



that with ' , he could carry a canal over hills or under 



them, of any depth, tooth i ;gincer declares that i$ feet deep 

 u-rt$ very pra : 



Canals in Germany, and the Low Countries, have frequently ao 



.vater ; a lurticicnt depth for the hrgeft incrciia: : :.ey 



at the expencc of , but by the refpcfthre 



htilc countries, who alone ihould undertake fuch great 



works. 



i* been well informed, that the cftabliihment of th : s navi- 

 gati< >IK for lighten toGlafgow, was ch 



; to the unwearied endeavours of Mr. Chambers, inert ham in 



i of cxtenfi ve commercial knowledge, and great 



.it. He, and other perfons of knowledge in trade and 



long and ftrcnuoufly for 9 feet water, fo as to 



* vcrtcls of good burden to pafs through without delay, or un- 



c c 2 loading 



