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fometimes more. And in regard that there is a confiderable fall 
for about tenLanguedoc-ieagues, from the Point of Diiiribution 
(where 'tis higheft) unto its difcharge into the Gamme^ ^ -where 
it is very low, you defcend and ifcend by the means of eighteen 
Slufes- which at certain diftances do cut ihis Channel , and bear 
up the waters that are above. 
But, as to the Gonimunicition of this Channel on the other 
fide of the Great Bafon towards the O^lediterrmem', that will 
require time: Yet the Work is there begun , and the fame order 
andrules will be obferv'd on that fide, as on the other,as well for 
theopeningof the Channels, as the ftrufture of the Gates and 
Sluces. And here is not to be omitted, w^hat is moft important 
for this Gomiiiunicat ion, which is, That they have undertaken 
to make a Sea-port at Cape Cette \ as the moft convenient place 
on that Coaft for fucha purpofe ; and that there are already a 
thoufand men working at it. Cette is a Promontory near Vrm^ 
,^ jignmi ononefideithaththe Sea, and on the other, the Lakes of 
Jhm^ Mageiome^ and P^r^/^^,bounded by the Plains of the lower 
Languedoc, The Sea there hath been found deep enough for 
Ships of five and fix hundred Tuns ; and round about the Cape 
there is 20, 21523,24 feet of w^ater. And here it is, w^here a 
ikf^?/^ is not only begun to be made, but confiderably advanced; 
infomuch that many Vefl^els lye there already with ^fety, there 
being not a day, but fome Ship or other cofiies in for flielter ; and 
others alfo come there to lade from Gema^ Narbome^ And 
notlongfinceit happen'd, that in a very violent Tempeft on 
that Sea, there came in feventy Ships, and faved themfelves here; 
and at another time, upon the ! ike cccafion, forty five Sail retired 
thither, and fo efcaped Ship-wrack : befides that the Ankrage 
is very good on that Coaft. All which giveth encouragement to 
build there a good Town ; there being already made a number 
of fmall houfes for Workmen to live in. 
This Cape Cette is by a Cut of eight hundred fathoms joynM 
with the Deep Lake of Ihm ; which Cue is almoft finifli'd. And 
when altogether perfected, it will prove a confiderable Harbour 
and place of Safety for thofe that navigate in this part of the 
Mediterranean, cdlVA tht Golf of Lyons, which extends it felf 
from the Coaft of Fr&veme all along that of Lmguedec and 
