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As for the particulars of this great Work , the annexed M^pp 
will give farther information of chem. In ic 
^.The Point of Separation , being ,j?tneath the Tovonof Monc-fcrand ^ 
mar the high waj of Tholofc: , hlow the Stones o/Nauroiaze. h is fa called^ 
hecmfe that frqm this place the waters rfin mturally ^ on one ftds.to theO- 
ceanjjj the Q^xoxivst^andon the other, towards the Mediterranean^ by the Au- 
ric. In that place is to be a great E^L^on , OSlogonal Oval-wife^ zoo fathoms 
long , and l^o.fath, large ^ >^hich Jhall be furromded Vi'ith 72. hou/es to be 
raifed on Arches : Over agalnfl which there fhall be bnilt a^ \ey for the convc. 
nience of thofe that Jhall d^el there ^which is to be very fpatioru, and faced with 
hewen Jione. This great Bajom Jhall receive all the waters ^which tioe Deri, 
ving Ch^nnd is to conveigh thither from the Black Mommn /0 be dijlrib^i^ 
ted by the Royal Channel to both Seas. In the middle of this Bafon fhall 
he a Coloi^Q, repre/enting the King Jianding in a Triumphant Charret^dr awn 
by four Sea-horfes , holding one foot upon a G lobe ^ and a Trident in his hand, 
as marks of his greatnefs both by Sea and Land. And then a Jlreame of 
•water ^ iffuing as from a Source vnder the Charret Jhall as *t^ere be beaten 
hacl^^and difgorge It felf through the throat of Serpents toward the four parts 
of the ly^rld^reprefented by as many Rivers^which fhall alfo poure out ef 
their urnes a prodigiom quantity of water y to Jhew ^ that the Graces y which 
the Liberality of the King plentifully diffufes to all his people ^dopafs through 
the hands of the Lord C olbert. 
B. The Szones of N 'urouze, lying on the left hand of the high way of 
Tholofe on th.' fide cf a little hillock^ 
C. 'J he Fountain of Grave, "ft^-^ivtrr^ the waters run partly to the Ocear?^ 
fartly to the A4 edlterranean, 
Z). The Bhck Monnzsii^, on which there is a great Forre^ ^called Kcmon' 
4c, fo pleaf am in Summer ythat the Counts of Thofofe did heretofore pafs 
there that whole feaj-n in the divertifement of Hunting, It was from hence, 
ih4t it was found p^Jfible to make this Channel J?y the means of the Five Ri^ 
vers and a great number of rivolets.^ ^jf^^^i thence ; without the concourfe 
"thereof it hadheen impoffihle to undertake it and to render it navigable. It 
dsin this Mountalnya good-way undsr the Mill of C^lz.on the river Sor^ 
■where beo ins the Channel of Derivation , rvhich hath its declivities through 
terrible precipices ^ where it receives the ri'oers Bern iffone, Lampi, Rietor^ 
Alzau , and Lampillon , , to conveigh them into the Magazine of St, Fc- 
, by the means of an other Conduit ^hen need Jhall be to fill it. It "^ould 
$e trouble fome to relate all the pains ^ which t his Channel of Derivation^al- 
moH all cut through rockj^hath co(l ; or the number of D^ms^that were neces- 
far J to he madt athwart many rivers ^ to divert their natural courfe ^ or lajK 
iy the Mountains^ that were to be levelled, having been counted afure inac 
i^ejjthle rocks ^ and affording now agreable ^''alkcs, 
jE- The Channel of Derivation, digged in the Black.AfoHntain^ and re^ 
mving.^!l .itj rivers > F, 7^, 
