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ON THE RECLAMATION 



countenance the idea, that either in the interests of agricul- 

 culture or navigation it would be profitable or desirable to form 

 a straight cut from Stirling to Alloa. I only refer to it as being 

 perhaps the most remarkable instance, in our country, of a 

 winding river which has attained a permanent course, and its 

 bed and banks a state of stability. 



Figl. 



There are, however, many winding rivers where a " cut" may be 

 made with great advantage, as at the river Rinnel,inDumfriesshire, 

 which is shown in fig. 1. That " cut," which was formed under 

 the directioiiof Messrs I). & T. Stevenson, was made chiefly for 



