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So far the Jirjl Letter of M. Fmdottr \ who in a Second to the 
fame lA.BariUon declareth , that they are convinced of the fafety 
and ufefulnefs of the Port of Cette^ and that a great Trade is 
adualiy begun there: Asalfo, that a ftately Barge, exprefly 
wade for the folennity, had, together with three of the greateift 
V^^thoi xht Garome^ paffedwith good fuccefs to Nauroaze^ 
the p'ace whereabout the great Bafonis. To which he adds, 
that if they con; inue to work at this Channel with the fame care 
and fervour they now do , in two years time the whole Comm.u- 
nication will affured'y be compleated. 
- In a third Letter the fame perlbn takes notice, that about 
fix weeks before the time of the writing thereof, of three Ships 
of St. Malo^ that were in a great Storm in the Gclf of Lyons j 
two having been broken upon the Sands , for want of knowing 
the Port of O/^^, the third, holding out fomewhat longer , and 
fcen from that Cape, and thence fuccour'd by fonie Chaloups, 
which advertis'd him that he was near the faid Port,arri v'd there 
.and was faved. He concludes this Letter, by affurmg his Friend, 
that if the Channel were as well finifli'd on the fide towards the 
.Mediterranean, as 'tis on that towards the Ocean , the Country 
of JProve^ce nnghthsive drawn this year more than a Million by 
the fale of its Corn in MjiltAy Sicily y and many parts of Italy: 
Andalfo, that the Undertakers did then refolve to wait upon 
the King, to give his Majefty an aflurance of the fuccefs of this 
Work; and that none but ignorant and perverfe Spirits can any 
more doubt of it. 
