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The Letter directed to Mr. de Seignelay. 



Honoured Sir, 



T Am the Son of a Gentleman that fpent three hun- 

 * dred thoufand Crowns in deepening the Water of 

 the two Gaves of Beam : He had the good luck to 

 compafs his End by conveying a great many Brooks 

 to thefe two Rivers ; and the Current of the Adour 

 was by that means fo far ftrengthen'd as to render 

 the Bar of Bayonne paflable by a fifty Gun. Ship, 

 whereas in former times a Frigot of ten Guns durft 

 not venture over it. 'Twas in confideration of this 

 great and fuccefsful Attempt, that his Majefty gran- 

 ted to my Father and his Heirs for ever, certain Du- 

 ties and Taxes, amounting to the Sum of three thou- 

 fand Livres a Year, This Grant was confirmed by 

 an Ad of the Council of State, dated January 9. 

 1658, Signed Boffwt) Collated, &c. Another Ad- 

 vantage accruing to the King and the Province from 

 my Father's Services, confifts in the bringing down 

 of Mafts and Yards from the Pyrenean Mountains, 

 which could never have been efte&ed, if he had not 

 by his Care, and by the disburfing of immenfe Sums, 

 enlarged the quantity of Water in the Gave of Okron 

 to a double proportion. Thefe Duties and Taxes 

 which had been juftly intail'd upon him and his 

 Heirs, ceas'd to be ours when he dy ? d ; and to in- 

 flame the Dilgrace, I loft his Places, viz, that of be- 

 ing a Honorary Judge of thp Parliament of Pau y and 

 Chief Juftice in Eyre for the Province of Bearn\ 

 all which were mine by Inheritance. Thefe Loflfes 

 are now followed by an unjuft Seizure that fome pre- 

 tended Creditors have made of the Jterqpy of la Hon* 



tan, 



