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Uce <V’ says M. Coste, “were so happily adapted to the requirements 
^ tile new industry that, after eight centuries, they are still the rules 
!' ^hich the rich patrimony he created for a numerous population 
^ governed. He seems to have applied himself to the enterprise 
^OscioTis not only of the service he was rendering to his contem- 
I J °i'aries, but desirous that their descendants should remember him, 
lor in every instance he has given to the apparatus which he invented 
11(5 form of his initial letter W. After due consideration, "Walton 
Fig. 149. Punt or Pirogue of the Marsh. 
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^8&n to carry out his design. He planted a long range of piles 
y 0tl g the low marshy shore, each pair forming a letter Y, the front of 
letter being towards the sea, and each limb diverging at an angle of 
r iy~five degrees. These posts were driven about a yard asunder ; they 
l e about twelve feet long, sis feet being above water, and interlaced 
e 1 tranches wattled together, so as to form continuous hurdles, 
^ ' 1 about two huudred yards long, which are called bouchots. By 
e distance of this apparatus, which intercepted spat which would 
