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Roujmon unto Spain, and is fo famous for Storms and Wracks ; 
Navigation being there the more dangerous^ becaufe the Sou- 
thern Winds reigning in this Sea, and alvvaies by their force 
driving the Ships to the flhore , thefe are in continual danger of 
fplitting upon the Sands, for want of an Haven to retreat unto. 
So that by the EftablilJiment of this Port, Navigation will in 
thofe parts be rendred much more fafe , and a gate to Commerce 
opened to Lmguedec. 
But to fpeak in general of the main advantages,aim'd at by this 
Communication of the two Seas^therc are three;fir//,that by this 
means Languedoc will be in a capacity of vending their Commo- 
ditiesof 07les,Wines,Grains^VVo61, in which that large Province 
abounds. Secondly^ that whereas hitherto they have been obliged 
to carry aU the Merchandifes of the Levmty with great charge 
and danger, all along the coaft of Spam round about , through 
the Straights of G/^r^/r^r ; the fame may henceforth be brought 
to B^mdemxy and other Ports of France lying upon the Ocean, 
by amuchlliorcer, fijrer, and even, as 'tis thought, a cheaper 
way ; However, the Boats that will be able to go in this Charnel, 
can have no more than 8, 9 or lo fathoms in length, and 2^ or 
3 fath. in breadth. Ihirdip thdX henceforth a man may travel 
round about Frmce by Water, fave four days journey by Lando 
For by taking Boat at Gujfe on the River of Ojfe, lately made 
Navigable above Fere^ one may defcend unto its mouth, where it 
enters into the Seme; and then, puffing St,Germamy St,Dem-r 
JParis^Corbeil^ Melun^ go up as far as Montreau^ and there take the 
River Tonjje^ and go as izxzs Auxerre \ where you quit the River, 
and go by land to Chdons^itdXtd on the Soane \ defcending thence 
to hpns^md^Q filling Aov^wtolarafcon : And having left the 
Rhone^ tzkt t^tRohine Qi\/igue$-moYtes\^ which is an ancient 
Channel , communicating from that River with the Lakes of 
hanguedec\ and fo afterwards go up through the Channels of 
Narbonney- Carcaffo^ey and Cafllemudarf to ToUufe ; thence pafs 
m^tht Garonne to Bomdemxj and there embarque, andcoafbit 
about that part of Frmce which lyes upon the Ocean , and fo re- 
enter the Seine^znA fee Rem and the other Towns lying on that 
River, until you come again to the mouth of the Oyfe ^ vvhencc 
you firft partedo 
