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Upon the whole, the uncommon fpirlt 

 which aduated his Grace the Duke of 

 Bridgeivater in defigning and executing 

 fuch noble works, can never be fuffici- 

 ently admired : At an age when moft 

 men aim only at pleafare and diffipaiion, 

 to fee him engaged in undertakings, that 

 give employment and bread to thoufands -, 

 that tend fo greatly to advance the agricul- 

 ture, manufactures, and commerce, of an 

 extenfive neighbourhood; in a word, that 

 improve and adorn his country, is a fight 

 fo very uncommon, and fo great, that it 

 muft command our admiration. Nor was 

 it lefs to his Grace's honour, that, in the 

 execution of thefe fpirited fchemes, he had 

 the penetration to difcern the characters 



*' navigation ineffectual for the conveyance of the pro- 

 " duce even of the couiity of Chejier ; as far the moft 

 " confiderable part of the cheeje produced in that county 

 *' is now^ carried by land parallel with the tuhole length 

 *' of this EXCELLENT navigation, to Frodjham-hridge 

 " and Bank-quay ; from which places it is conveyed 

 " by flats to Liverpool^ there to be re-Hiipped for 

 *' London^ and other markets ; and Salt, the other 

 *' fl<^t'^<^ article of this county, is fen t in great quan- 

 '* tit'u's^ all by land carriage^ from Northivicb to Man" 

 *' chcJier^ for the fupply of that town, and a very 

 ** extenfive and populous neighbourhood, notwith- 

 '* ftanding the prefent navigable com7rmmcatio7i between 

 " thofe places." 



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