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 circle, down to an arched paffoge, which 

 conveys it under, and lets it rife again in 

 its old courfe on the other fide. 



At Wat erf or d the canal extends acrofs 

 a long valley, the level being preferved 

 without locks : The work is here very no- 

 ble : The banks of earth of a vail height 

 and thicknefs, beautifully Doped, and the 

 whole appearance ftrikingly great. It here 

 croffes at the fame time a large brook much 

 fubject to floods, and a road : Two arches 

 carry it over the ftream, and a third over 

 the road. The view, Plate XI. will bet- 

 ter explain it. 



A. The ftream. 



B. The wall of the aqueduct. 



C. The road. 



D. The floped green bank of the canal. 



E. A meadow. 



The three arches extend eighty feet. 

 Here are trap - doors, &c. as at Barton- 

 Bridge, for fecuring the water of the canal 

 in cafe of a breach, or for reparations. 



Further in the lame valley the naviga- 

 tion is carried acrofs the river Merfey, on 

 one arch of feventy feet fpan. 



I mould remark, that the canal acrofs this 

 whole valley is of a vail breadth, and has 

 rather the appearance of a great navigable 

 river, than an artificial canal cut at the ex- 

 pence of a f ingle perfon, 



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