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empties itself into the sea has but a very inconsiderable fall. From 

 Crammag-bridge down to Sulby the stream runs at the rate of 452 

 feet within three miles; from thence higher up near to its source 

 no computation of the kind can be made, as it is no longer one 

 regular body of water but an assemblage of many little rivulets 

 flowing down from the slopes of the mountains in every direction, 

 particularly from the mountainous pasturage called Moimt-Pellier. 



The watershed of the elevated and boggy table-land that separates 

 Mullach-Oure from the central line of mountains, gives rise to two 

 other water courses, which from their common origin run in a con- 

 trary direction. The Bright-river ^Sxtt it has watered the Baldwin- 

 valley empties itself into the sea at Douglass. The Laxey river 

 flows through the valley of that name. Allowance being made for 

 the windings of the Bright-river, it falls at the rate of 1395 feet 

 within six miles, a fall rather considerable- 



Both the Black-water and the Peel-river that issue from the water- 

 shed between Douglass and Peel-town are inconsiderable streams. 



From the southern group of mountains come out two or three 

 rivers, Glen-Moy, Cass-ny-Hawin and Castle-town rivers ; the two 

 latter flowing into the eastern part of the Irish Channel, and the 

 first into the western. 



The vale that is irrigated by the Moy river (Muigh a Druid) is 

 extremely picturesque, the windings, which are short and frequent, 

 expose unexpectedly to the traveller's eye, scattered cottages along 

 the sides of the river. Cass-ny-Hawin and Castle-town rivers have 

 a course much more open, owing to the character of the country 

 which they traverse. Several other streams indent the coast of the 

 island, which from the shortness of their course and the diminutive 

 quantity of water they discharge into the sea, do not seem entitled 

 to any farther notice. 



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