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INDEX TO VOL. I. 



duct, 352 ; his various contrivances, 356 ; 

 surveys a canal to Runcorn, 362, 367 ; 

 journeys to London, 368 ; fac-simile of 

 handwriting, 370 ; anecdotes of, 373 ; 

 evidence on the Duke's third bill, 376 ; 

 constructs the canal to Runcorn, 378 ; 

 embankment across Sale Moor, 383 ; expe- 

 dients in economizing labour, 384; his 

 valvular flood-gates, 385; quarrel with 

 Gilbert, 387 ; his workmen, 389 ; Brindloy's 

 |iay while serving the Duke, 402 ; Grand 

 Trunk Canal, 424 ; the parliamentary 

 struggle, 432-436 ; construes the canal and 

 Harecastle Tunnel, 440 ; his last canals, 

 449 ; marriage, 467 ; death and charac- 

 teristics, 470. 



BRISTOL, port of, 282, 364, 416. 



BRISTOL CHANNEL, ferry of, 298. 



BRITISH, ancient works, 1-13 ; dwellings, 3 ; 

 inhabitants, 20 ; bridges, 236, 239. 



BROADE, Brindley erects engine for Mr., 

 330. 



BROKEN CROSS GANG, 308. 



BROME, Rev. Mr., travels in England, 183. 



BROTHERS of the Bridge, 246. 



BUCCANEERS, early English, 281. 



BuRSLEMPoTTERiES,321,328,427,438,448. 



BURTON-ON-TRENT, bridge at, 246. 



BrsiucLL, THOMAS, Myddelton's successor in 

 his silver mines, 144, 146, 151. 



BUSH HILL, New River works near, 122. 



BUXTON, Brindley 's birthplace near, 308. 



CAERPHILLY CASTLE, ruins of, 269. 



CALDERWOOD'S, Mrs., journey to London, 176. 



CA.Mr.KiiHii: FENS, 18, 34, 50. 



CAMPBELL'S, Lord, first journey to London, 

 197. 



CAM i- of refuge at Ely, 23. 



CANALS, early continental, 300 ; early English, 

 301, 302, 304 ; Duke of Bridgewater's, 348, 

 362, 378 ; canal lock, 375 ; Grand Trunk, 

 424 ; opposition to, 435 ; beneficial effects of, 

 415, 446 ; Wolverhampton, 449 ; Coventry, 

 450 ; Droitwich, 451 ; Birmingham, ib. ; 

 Leeds and Liverpool, 455 ; canal speculation, 

 46 1 ; extent of British canals and traffic, 464. 



CANUTE, his " King's Delph" in the Fens, 22 ; 

 his canal through Southwark, 254. 



CANVEY ISLAND reclaimed, 36. 



CAROLINE, Queen, overturned in Kensington 

 road, 163. 



CARR DYKE, in Lincolnshire, 20. 



CARRIAGE of Merchandise, cost of, 178, 344, 

 426, 447. 



CASTILIONE, an Italian, drains Greenwich 

 Marsh, 14. 



CASTLES IN THE AIR, Brindley's, 353, 361, 

 437, 443. 



CATCIIWATER drains, 20. 



CAUSEWAYS, Roman, 21 ; in the Fens, 25 ; 



ancient British, 154, 156. 

 CELTS, a pastoral race, 5 ; their language, 6 ; 



Irish, 7. 



CHADWELL SPRING, 90, 1 10. 

 CHAGFORD, Dartmoor, 193. 

 CHANTRIES, BRIDGE, 249. 

 CHARACTERISTICS of Brindley, 470. 

 CHARLES I., promotes works of drainage, 43, 



56. 



CHASK, Hat field, its drainage, 37. 

 CiiAirKu's ride to Canterbury, 164. 

 CHERTSEY, road from London to, 163. 

 CHESTERFIELD CANAL, 452. 

 CHILD and Co., their advances to Duke <>t' 



Bridge water, 398. 

 CINQUE PORTS, 9, 280, 284. 

 CLAY-PUDDLE, 353, 355, 374, 475. 

 CLIFTON COAL-MINES, Brindley's drainage of, 



323. 



CLOTH MANUFACTURE, 103. 

 CLOUGH'S CROSS, 31. 

 COACHES, in London, 101, 165 ; travelling by, 



166 ; stage coaches, 168. 

 COAL TRADE, early, 291. 



COALBROOKDALE, 331. 



COLECHURCII, Peter of, builder of Old London 

 Bridge, 255. 



COLONIZATION, early British, 5 ; of Scotland, 6. 



COMBE Marshes near Greenwich, reclaimed, 14. 



COMMONWEALTH, drainage interrupted l>y 

 wars of, 46, 54. 



CONDUITS, London, 86. 



CONGLETON, Cheshire, 320, 325, 428. 



CONTINENTAL routes, former, 293. 



CONVEYANCE, early modes of, on horse- 

 back, 164; in coaches, 166. 



CORDOUAN, Tour de, 287, 290. 



CORNISH wrecking, 289. 



CORNBROOK, the Duke's canal at, 355. 



COSMO DE' MEDICI, travels in England, 175, 

 289. 



COVENTRY CANAL, 450. 



COWLEY, Sprat's visit to, at Chertsey, 163. 



COWPER, Chancellor, description of Sussex 

 mids, 162. 



CROFT, Brindley's, 309. 



CROMWELL, leads the opposition to drainage in 

 the Fens, 57. 



CROOKS, the Devonshire, 194. 



CROYLAND, 23; its bridge, 241. 



Ci MKKIM.AND, Duke of, 204, 220, 337. 



CWMSYMLOS Myddelton's mine at, 141, 145. 



CYCLOPEAN bridges on Dartmoor, 239. 



D. 



DAGENHAM LEVEL, 14 ; breach, 36, 39 ; 



stopped by Perry, 77 ; lake, 80. 

 DANES in England, 9, 21, 22. 



