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»— Alfo, a river of Sicily, which runs into the Mediterranean 

 on the N. fide of the ifland, N. lat. 38' 3'. E.long. 14" 54'. 

 — Alfo, a river of America, which runs into tlie Milfouri, 

 N. lat. 38- 56'. W. long. 93° 25'. — Alfo, a broad river of 

 America, which difcharges itfelf into lake Micliigan, N. 

 lat. 43** 25'. W. long. 85° 35*. — Alfo, a river of America, 

 which runs into lake Erie, N. lat. 41° 55'. W. long. 

 81" 8'. — Alfo, a river of Canada, which runs into the 

 Detroit, N. lat. 42' 34'. W. long. 82^ 42'.— Alfo, a river 

 of Canada, which rims into the St. Laurence, N. lat. 



47" 3'- 



Grand River, or Rio gfaitrle, a river of Africa, which 



runs into the Atlantic, near the Biffagos ifles, N. lat. 11°. 



"VV. long. 14 30'. 



Grande Seaux, an Indian nation, inhabiting a territory 

 of the Miflburi, and able to furnidi 800 warriors. 



Grakd Sdi-ry-CanaL This canal is yet in the fame 

 ftate, nearly, as when our account of it in the article 

 Canal was written, in i8oy, except, that about two 

 miles in length of it, at its N. E. end, has been brought 

 into ufe, fince the Croydon canal has been completed ; 

 and that the dock for fliips, at its entrance from the Thames, 

 was completed and oT)cned in June i 807, and has anfwered 

 lb well to the proprietors, that in tlie lall feffions of parlia- 

 ment, they made an unfuccefsful attempt to obtain power 

 for a further extenfion of them. In February, 1809, this 

 company determined on erefting a ten-horfe lleam engine on 

 the banks of the canal, by the Deptford road, for fupply- 

 iniT the neighbouring inhabitants with water, intending to 

 let the furplus power of this engine to feme manufac- 

 turers. 



Grand Tmverfc, a range of iflands, confifting of huge 

 rocks in lake Michigan. 



Grand Tnmi Canal, is a name commonly applied to 

 the Trent and Merfey canal, which fee in our article 

 Canal. 



Grand Union Cancil. In the feffions of parliament, 

 1810, (50 Geo. III.) an aft paffed for making the Grand 

 Union canal, the general direftion of which is about S.W. 

 23^ miles, in the counties of Leicefter and Northampton, 

 being confiderably elevated, and crofilng the grand ridge 

 of the irtand twice, by tunnels, its middle part for about 

 half its length (Icirting near to the ridge on its weftern 

 iide, and the two ends being on the eaftern fide of the 

 ridge. Its objefts are the completing of tlie long-defired 

 ■water-communication between the Ti-ent river and the many 

 canals which conneft therewith, in Derbyfhire, Nottingham- 

 fliire, and Leicefterfhire, and the Grand Junflion canal, and 

 through it to the metropolis, without making the enormous 

 circuit by Burton, Fradley-heath, near Litchfield, Tam- 

 worth, Atherftone, Nuneaton, and Braunilone, which at 

 prefent goods, coming by water from Leicefter, Notting- 

 ham, and Derby mud do ; it is intended alfo to fuperfede 

 the neccffity for the fouthern part of the Leicellcrlhire and 

 Northamptondiire Union canal, between Market-Harbo- 

 rough and Northampton, which on account of its difficulties 

 has never been attempted ; the prefent rail-way branch 

 between the Grand Junction and Northampton is intended 

 to be changed for a canal with locks, by which means the 

 people of Nortliampton will have a water-communication 

 with Market-Harborough, Leicefter, &c. with only about 

 14 miles longer diftance than the Leicefterdiire and North- 

 ampton Union would have been, if the fame had been com- 

 pleted according to its original a<il. Market-Harborough 

 and Daventry are the only confiderable towns near the line 

 of this canal, whicli commences in the Leiceiterfhire and 

 Northamptonfhire Union canal near Gumley, and terAii- 



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nates in the Grand .Tunftion canal near Buckby-wharf, nca* 

 the S. E. end of the Braunftone tunnel. From Gumley in 

 ■'l mile is a rife of 76 feet by 12 locks, and thence to Wat- 

 ford, 20 miles are level, then in ^ mile is a fall of 53 feet by 

 eight locks, and thence to the Grand .lundlion canal about 

 three miles are level ; near Hufljand's Bofworth is a tunnel of 

 about 1 1 20 yards long, and near Crick another of about 

 900 yards long. Near Crick it is propofed to make a refcrvoir 

 of 60 acres above the canal, but below its level, fo that 

 the furplus water collcfted from other parts of the canal 

 in rainy feafons can be here referved, to be pumped up 

 when wanted. 



The width of the canal at top is 42 feet and 14 at hot- 

 tom, and its depth of wa:cr five feet ; the locks are 82 feet" 

 long and feven wide, calculated for 25 ton boats. This 

 line was firft furvcyed by Mr. James Barnes in 1803, and by 

 Mr. Benjamin Bevan in 1808 and 1809, and the latter is 

 appointed engineer for the execution ot the work. 



Grand IVcJlem Canal, is fo denominated in an aft which- 

 paffed in the vear 1796, as mentioned in our article Canal, 

 but under which no progrefs had then been made. In 

 April 18/0, it was reported, that a beginning had at length 

 been made on t!ie fummit level, in Holcomb, Devon. A 

 much larger canal, capable of conveying fhips from the 

 Briilol channel to the fouth coaft, has been fome time m 

 agitation, for avoiding the very circuitous and tedious navi- 

 gation round the Land's End j wliich, however dtfirable,. 

 is fcarcely practicable, we incline to think, for want of 

 water. 



Grand ^IJifi, in Law. See A.s.slse. 



Grand Cape. See Cape and Attachment. 



Grand Coujlumier, k, an ancient book of very great 

 authority, which contains the ducal cuftoms of Normandy. 



Grand Days. See Day, in Laiv. 



Gra'SD Di/lrtfs, dijlriclio magna; a writ of dlftrefs, fo- 

 called on account of its extent, which reaches to all the 

 goods and chattels of the party within the county. 



This writ lies in two cafes ; either when the tenant or 

 defendant is attached and appears not, but makes default :-. 

 or where the tenant or defendant hath once appeared, and 

 after makes default. On fuch occafions, this writ lies by 

 common law, in lieu of a petit cape. 



Grand JEHxir, gttard, jury, larceny, prior, pro'tsojl of 

 France, Jerjeanly. See ElixIR, Guard, &c. 



Grand Gujlo, in Painting. See Gusto. 



Grande, in Geography, a town of Norway, in the dio- 

 cefe of Drontheim ; 21 miles N. W. of Dronthcim. 



GRANDEE is underftood of a lord of the firft rank of 

 prime quality. 



In Spain, the term grandees is ufcd abfolutely to denote 

 the prime lonis of the court, to whom the king has once 

 given leave to be covered in his prefence : there are fomc 

 grandees for life only ; made by the king's fapng fimply>, 

 be covered. Others are grandees by defcent ; made by the 

 king's faying, be covered for thyfelf and heirs. Thefe laft 

 arc reputed far above the former. 



There are fome who hare three or four grandeefliips in-s 

 their family. 



GRAND-GOR. A Scotch appellation for the venereal 

 difeafe. 



In the Philofophical Tranfaftions, N"469. feft. 5. we have 

 a proclamation of king James the IV th of Scotland, ordering 

 all who had this difeafe, or who had attended others under- 

 it, forthwith to repair to an ifland in the Frith of Forth. 

 If the grand-gor was the pox, and this diftcmper came into 

 Europe at tlie ficge of Naples in 1494J it niuft have made a. 

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