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en the canal thereby occafioncd. This in- 

 tended branch is, Hke the rcil, marked in 

 the annexed map, Plate X. which deli- 

 neates the whole country through which 

 the navigation extends. 



A, A, A. Is the Duke's navigation fi- 



nillied. 



B, B, B. Ditto unfinilhed. 



C, C, C. Courfe of the old navigation. 

 [] acrofs the canal — The canal-doors. 

 But here I fliould add, that a fcheme, 



much greater than any thing yet executed, 

 is in contemplation, though not yet come 

 before Parliament. His Grace was firll 

 enabled to extend his canal to the Hemp- 

 Jlonesy (fee the Map;) but my Lord Gower, 

 and many other perfons, obtaining an ad: 

 for a canal from the Trent to the Merfey, to 

 communicate between the towns of Hull 

 and Liverpool, the Duke of Brldgewater 

 agreed with them (under authority of Par- 

 liament) to vary the courfe of his intended 

 canal, and meet theirs half way, between 

 Prejlon-brook and Rimcorny and then the 

 two canals, united, to be carried to the 

 Merfey at Runcorn. 



Since that Mr. Brmdley has viev/ed the 

 river at Runcorn, and is of opinion, that 



the 



