RmJIScn mte Spdln^ and is fo famous for Storms and Wracks ; 
Navigation being there the more dangerous , becaufe the Sou- 
thern Winds reigning in this Sea, and alwaies by their force 
driving the Ships to the fliore , thefe are in continual danger of 
fplitting upon the Sands, for want of an Haven to retreat nnto. 
So that by the Eftablifhment of this Port , Navigation v^ll in 
thofe parts be rendred much more fafe , and a gate to Commerce 
optxied to La^guedoc. 
But tb fpeak in general of the main advantages,aim'd at by this 
Communication of the two Seas^there are three;f/r/?,that by this 
means La^guedoc will be in a capacity of vending their Commo:- 
dities of OyIes,Wines,Grains,Woo!, in which that large Provi^eg 
abounds. Secondly^ that whereas hitherto they have been obliged 
to carry aU the-Merchandifes of the Lr'i/-^^^, with great chdrge 
and danger, all along the coaft of Spain round about ^ through 
the Straights of G/^r^//-^r ; the fame may henceforth be brought 
to Bo^rdeauxp and other Ports of France lying upon the Ocean, 
by a much jfJiorter, furer , and even, as 'tis thought , a cheaper 
way : However, the Boats that will be able to go in this Channel, 
can have no more than 8, 9 or 10 fathoms in length,, and 2jor 
5 fath. in breadth. Thirdly y. that henceforth a man may travel 
refund about France by Water;, fave four days journey by Land- 
For by taking Boat at Gujfroxi the River of Oyfi , lately made 
Navigable above Fere, one may defcend unto its mouth, v. here it 
|en:ters into the Seine ; and then , pafTmg St.G^'r;^^/^, St.Z?^/^.. 
FarPs^Corheii^ Melrn^ go up as far as Montremy and there take the 
! River Tonne^^^xAqp as hr'^%Auxerre ; where you quit the River, 
and go byjand to CW(?;^i,feated on the Some \ defcending thence 
SCO hyons^ and fo falling down to 'tarafcon : And having left the 
iRhone^tzkt tht Rcbine of ^Aigms-mertes^ which is an ancient 
sChannel , communicating from that River with the Lakes of 
Lmguedoc \ and fo afterwards go up through .the Channels of 
\Narhomey Carcafjoney and Cafilenmdary to Te^ii?^j^ ; thence pafs 
ton the Garonne to Bourdemxy and there embarque ^ and coaft it 
iabout that part of France which lyes upon the Ocean , and fo re- 
enter the Seine^ and fee J?^^^ and the other Towns tying on that 
River, until yo^ come agaia^ to the mouth of the Oyfe, whence 
ijou firft parted.. 
