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As there generally is much fuperfluous 

 water in coal mines, it wa? a very bene- 

 ficial fcheme to cut this tunnel for draining 

 that water away, and, at the fame time, for 

 carrymg the navigation into the heart of 

 the colliery : Such bold and deciuve ftrokes 

 are the finefl proofs of inventive genius, of 

 that penetration which fees into futurity, 

 and prevents obflrudlions unthought of by 

 the vulgar mind, merely by forefeeing 

 them : A man with fuch ideas moves in a 

 fphere that is to the reft of the world ima- 

 ginary, or at beft, a terra incognita. 



The beft way of viewing the extent of 

 the mines, is by going down the fhaft and 

 coming out by the tunnel : And fometimes 

 youmuft either take this method, (which 

 was my own cafe,) or not fee it at all ; for 

 boats are not always going in, nor to be 

 had for that purpofe, but you will feldom 

 fail of an empty boat within, by which 

 your guide (the hoftler, I think, of the 

 inn) will convey you out. 



Near the head of the canal is another 

 curiofity, very well worth viewing. It is 

 a mill of a new conftru6tion, with many 

 powers. The firft motion is the turning a 

 wheel, twenty-four feet diameter, by a 

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