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A Relation of the advice give nhy Monpeur 
Petit 3 Intendant of the Fortifications of 
Normandy, touching the ConjmBionofthe 
Ocean and Mediterranean. 
This Intelligent Gentleman, Monfieur Petit, having beei» 
confoked with, touching the Conjunction of the Ocean and 
Mediterraman, dehvers Srft the Propolition^ and then giveth 
his thoughts upon it. 
The Propofi£ion is,That there being about two Leagues be- 
low Cajires in Lan^uedec a Rivolet , called Ser^ paffing to l^- 
vel, there may by the means thereof be made a Communication 
ofthe two Seas , by joyning the Waters of this Rivolet by a 
Channel (to be kept full all the year long ) With thofc of St. 
Fapoul, and others, which fall into Frefqueil ( another fmall 
River) that runs into the Auds below Carcajfone^ and go toge- 
ther to '^arhonne^{\iM?s.%^d, upon the Mediterranean, 
Having given the Propofition, he adds fome particulars, to 
illuftrate the fame, before he declares his judgment upon it,For 
he relateth, that there is but one way, after the divifion of the 
Waters, to pafs to the Mediterranean^ which is by a Rivolet, cal- 
led Fr^/^m/, that isconjoyn'd with the Aude: But, to pafs to 
the O&ean, there are three ; Oae, by ^ege, entring into the Ga- 
tonne ^hoxcTholoufe the other, by Im^ paffing on the fide^ 
and below the fame Town ; and the thirds by Sor, falling in- 
to the River Jgouji under afterwards into the Tarne^ 
and thence to Montmhan, and laftly into the Garonne, And 
that, to compafs thisdefigHj allthefe Rivers and Rivoletsare 
firft to be m^de Navigable unto their Sluces 5 that of Jude and 
Frefqueil for the Mediterranean, and one of the others, fuch as 
fliall be chofen, for the Ocean. He"addeth, that,as to the feveraf 
Ways paffing to the Or^^?2, all of them commended as proper 
and convenient, and the thiree Countries concerned therein , 
fpeakingevery one for their advantage: Thofc of Caftres and 
^ F Montauhafiy 
