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gineers will take the portion of the convoy in 

 question, in order to empty it in the localities which 

 appear to them the fittest to the purpose, and so as- 

 certained beforehand,- and then will return it to the 

 point of departure, so that on its arrival thither, the 

 great convoy may unite all the detached fragments, 

 and render them to the establishment in order to take 

 a fresh load if the first has been insufficient, or to 

 wait until a second crop requires a new journey. 



The restocking of all the waters of France, will 

 be accomplished then easily, since, on the one hand, 

 the officers of the roads and bridges will answer for 

 the requirements of the service, and on the other, 

 the organization of the entire establishment will re- 

 quire but a first expenditure of 22,000 francs, necessa- 

 ry for the construction of the shed, the guard-house, 

 the digging of the ponds, the purchase of tools, and 

 of twenty acres of ground to be inclosed in the com- 

 mon already given by the municipal council of the 

 locality. 



The first expenditure, or an annual credit of 

 8,000 francs, will suffice to commence the work, to 

 procure the species most valued, meet the cost of the 

 daily labor, and give the production an infinite ex- 

 tension. 



It will be perceived, therefbrOj that this sum is 

 the smallest trifle compared with the riches it will 

 produce, for here nothing less is aimed at than to keep 

 the supply of food up to the increased consumption, 

 according to the duty imposed on governments : hesi- 



