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JhrJ Mofsy which is a peat earth black 

 moor : It is great pity that the noble ad- 

 vantage of a water carriage through the 

 heart of this moor, to fo fine a market as 

 Manchejier, does not induce the owners to 

 cultivate this wafte tra6t, which might, 

 beyond all doubt, be applied to numerous 

 ufes, far more profitable than yielding peat 

 in a country fo abounding with coals. 



The next objedt that prefents itfelf, is 

 the work at Barton Bridge, which is one 

 of the principal undertakings in the whole 

 navigation, and a wondrous one it certain- 

 ly is. The canal is here, in its ufual 

 breadth, carried {Roman aqueduct like) 

 on arches, over the large and navigable 

 river IrwelL 



The aquedudl Is two hundred yards long, 

 and thirty-fix feet wide ; it crofTes the Ir- 

 well on three large arches, the center of 

 which fpans fixty-three feet ; and is car- 

 ried with amazing labour through a val- 

 ley, filled up to receive it. The view, 

 Plate V, which I took, ftanding on Barton 

 Bridge, will better explain this furprizing 

 work. 



A. I3 the river IrwelL 



B. A 



