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that the Superbe is acknowledg’d to be one of the 
bell Sailors the King has ; whereas that which had 
the Machines , is an old decay’d Gaily, and reckon’d a 
very bad Sailor 5 befides that the Crew of the Superbe 
are much better acquainted with the common Oar, 
than the others are with the new’ way of rowing ; and 
that in the common Gaily there’s no Improvement to 
be made, either with refpetft to the Proportion of the 
Oars, their Length, the Breadth of the Pallets, the 
Height of the Point of Reft, &c. or with refpetft to 
the Conftrucftion of the Veftel ; whereas in the Ma- 
chine ^ there are feveral Things to be improv’d and al- 
ter’d in the Oars, the Hand-fpikes, and in difpofing 
the Men to the beft Advantage. Thefe Things, I fay, 
confider’d, it feems reafonable to believe, that a Veftel 
with the Machines might go fafter than one with the 
common Oars ; becaufe the Lofs of Time is avoided, 
which happens in the ordinary way of rowdng. 
This Experiment, however defective it be, for the 
Pveafons above, will prove, That the Velocity is greater 
in this way of rowing than in the other, when the 
Circumftances on both ftdes are equal. For, by my 
Journal, I find, that the Patronne , in Company with 
fourteen other Gallies, left the Port of Marfeilles at 
5-0 min. paft three ; and rowing all in a Calm, came 
to the JJles at 23 min. ; which made 33 m. in go- 
ing from the Chain to the IJles. But the Machine 
Gaily made the fame way, with 200 Men, in 30 min. 
having left the Chain at 10 h. 13 m. and arriv’d at the 
IJles at 10 h. 43 min. altho’ there w’as fome Wind 
a- head. 
Sign’d CHAZELLES. 
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