VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. IJJ 



gradually abandon our water-mills, which oc- 

 cafion difeafes and defolation in the coun- 

 try* M* Perner followed, in France, the 

 example of Meflrs. Watt apd Bolton, by 

 conflruiHiing near the arfenal, at Paris, a 

 mill upon the fame plan. Scarcely was this 

 mill finilhed, when it was found to be 

 a great refource for that city i but 

 what made its utility more apparent, was 

 the ftoppage of the greater part of our mills, 

 occafioned by the ice after the long and fe- 

 vere froft which took place at the end of the 

 year 178S, It was much regretted that this 

 able mechanic confined himfclf in his under- 

 taking to one pair of mill-iloncs; but he could 

 not then forefee the ineftimahle advan- 

 tages which ^ by the nature of circumftanccs, 

 would refult from an eredion fimply in- 

 tended to try and prove the utility of the 

 enterprife of MeiTrs. Watt and Bolton. Not 

 bei'bg able, through want of tinie, to 



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