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WORKS BEGUN. 



in 



quagmires," ;m<l ;ir;il>lr land 

 become " squallid ground ;" 

 tliat their farms would be 

 "mangled " and their fields 

 cut up into quillets and 

 " small peeces ;" that the " cut," which 

 was no better than a deep ditch, dan- 

 gerous to men and cattle, would, upon 

 " soden raines," inundate the adjoining 

 meadows and pastures, to the utter ruin 

 of many poor men ; that the 

 church would be wronged in its 

 tithe without remedy ; that the 

 highway between London and 

 Ware would be made impass- 

 able ; and that an infinity of 

 similar evils would be perpe- 

 trated, and irretrievable in- 

 juries inflicted on them- 

 selves and their pos- 

 terity. The opponents 



The annexed map will enable 

 the reader easily to trace the 

 line of the New River works 

 between Am well, Chad well, and 

 London. The dotted lines 

 indicate those partsofthe 

 old course which have 

 since been superseded by 

 more direct cuts, repre- 

 sented by the continuous 

 black line. Where the 

 loops have been detached 

 tVoni the present line o!' 

 works, they are, in most 

 insiMiiccs, laid dry, and 

 may be examined ;md 

 measure.'! correctly, as 

 also the soil of which 

 the banks were origin- 

 ally formed. 



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MAP OP THE NEW R!' 

 [Supplied by W. 0. Alylnc, Esq . Engineer of the New Kiver Company.] 



