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trade ^ om I r ^ d , Wales,'and the Briftol channel. Here at Pad-
ftovy thejAMn is^h&af |||jj^Me widpdand there is a forty-boat to qrofs.
At hthWrophth ©f; this ’harhou^v ^bopt two* miles belpw the town,
tiigBea, >as in„allrOprrhdrbours op- the, N©f th chafinelj has-adted againffc
itfelf, and thrown j f bar <&>£ fandPer-ofst t^ef-hafepi whndWprevents
Uiips 4f;'tti#^^a^.;2C3,|;‘tpns froi$; f ©hiipg >to%t alij andtnakes it
hazardous e^en k& ‘4jhe|<|^ller',{li^s’!to come, in j font when the tides
are,high ands-the weather fair.
i«Barther up oil thpNdrfhern fide of ComwaUy there is no confider-
ble . oi$naviga<l§]e Riv%$fbut we-fondi Pqrtificy and
Botreaux Caftle,. and Blade, Hawo^^bichi Itame* .the laft Creek, had
it notffofeen formerly a •.’more confiderable’ : retreat for fhipping thaty
it is. now, could ndvef.have defected y foufoifs^ed, what-ieeips anti1''
ently to have been the haven, is now all morafe- and meadow ground^
reaching from'the Barton, ©f Wha|8feroiighir^||^i}y'tc^j|he town^of
Stratton, ,about two miles fong» arid littksdefs- wide, fo the mjddle
o f this morafs runs - the River,, which, wfofo th^rJi4%on|iikes Jjhe‘
prefemt Creek, and opens into the*, §ga by a. 'narfowhpaflgge.*,,.
Before I take tny leave.*@f'She navigable Rivers fof, I
cannot - help obferving, that there i^feajce anyjqpe\©f foem f° <fc§-
titute of water, or .fo< diflrdled' by untoward fovehy ’feat that their
navigation-may be either extended otdmptoved: bufjfoijie improve-*
ments are more definable as they1 w ill be idofe- advantageSus, to the
gauntry, and more eafiijj effected than others :r «their Mg^dfoisithefep’
fore thfe more affecting. Lancefton, is a populous town,-.-and'in. the
neighbourhood many families of rank and- fortune, and in- general
the country round is well -peopled,and cultivated ; yefr all the co$
for firing, fir-fonfoerforbuildinghdU' foreign products,- all goods
from London, Exeter,, and Plymouth, all-fea-fand fig- Canute,* they
are forced t© fend for, ten mdefoat leafty arid' foaVe them- all ffojtaji
Morlham or Bbfoaftle, which is>fffil further, by,land-earriagp, through
ways in general egregioufly bad j difficulties which- iiecefiadly ocefe-
fion little- tradif and fcanty employment for the: poor$}}Now’ thb
Tamar paffes within a mile and half of this town (a* little- abhvc
Polftun Bridge1) where it is a noble ftream of (Water,: d v^ide ch'anel,
and receives the Aterey River i coming direSly fionn .the-walk- o f
Lancefton : hence the Tamar lets to the South y lb diredtly, that it
is but little more by water than by land. < Surely £b 'rich and populous
a-neighbourhood as tliisj might be well requited Tor» the change
of making, or at leaft for exerting all their iiiterefufo’-make this
River navigable at the public expence for the fhort fpace of ten or
twelve miles.
Another improvqfnent i pointed out by,pgture is, the uniting the
Fiwy, on the South Coaft, .with the Alah on the North. • Thefc.
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