E difices*'
Navigation*
Canal at
Languedoc.
-tnonions, and the general efferid-tot-h&r ,idle ,pomp t;han tru q ^ a ç d e u r .
The bridge of Neullé is efteemed th ^m o f t beautifelr in;'Eqr,qpe, gqn-
/ifting of five; wide arches «©S^equal fize^iiflfte^d'>9% o u r f e e .
arches which degrade- -the d i ^ t y ^ # fuch»ffa>brics.^ T ^ , ?n^ientfe^ h e -
drals and caftl.es’ are fo , «u^erov^ï^h^t ft W9V ^ iélSl h^f-Uv?1
enumerate’them-^.and ,thè French ^ftbilfty were: opfr ,fpr^ W < ? * f e
'thofé of Sprinjfwith large heures,,tn the ekie^, b g t^ a d g ^ n ÿ ^ t ç a u x
icattered a v e r'th e kingdom, X'O whlçîg hjpvfôvet, they^feld^mf e fted,
except wJjL'ea compelled by formal b a n i% ie n t .r |
The inland navigation ’©f France b^s been p X Q ^ e d ^ y , f e r r a i
capitol,exertions. -The canal 'o f Brja^'jQtherwtîe ftyjeÿ,
gundy, was begun , b y H en ry IV ^ a a c i, c c j t ^ p J ^ d ' ^ ^ ^ s ^ I I I ,
opening a commpnication between, th&rt^pis^. a n d ^ g o ^ n e ,^ o x ,^ y |^ e r
words between Parisy-and the wekerp ,;-p^vinces., Pagjigjvby
gis it joins the canal o f Orleans, and falls ^Gi|ainbleau.
This navigation o f fqrty-two locks, ^|P%£Eeat ’^tjlif^^^^J.and
commerce7. 1 —
T h e canal t # ffeafdy extends from the^&omme, 19 rthfi ^ ^ b e ginning
at'S* Quintin, and forming aicQ p v e n ie q ^ i,9 |& ^ o u ÿ e ^ ^ p ro .
v in c e sin th e N. E. - Of? _
But the"chief w ork of this defcrîptfoç. is the;:çel|bja^^l j e an a ^ a f Languedoc,
commenced and completed* in. the-rreigg ^ ^ ^Q u iS j^ I ^ ly b y
R iq u e tlh e engineer, under the aufpiees of .that^ble minLfterl^lbfrt.
Fifteen years 'o f labour were employed,' fo0m r ^ $ 5| and the
mechanical ignorance o f the p e i^ d was furpriÇed ^ - a W el B f '
:# fe 2 |e iV « f only 72° feet, lined •withj fcéÿftçnfe- -T h $ .^Q« ^ n a l.
begirts in the bay o f Languedoc; and at gt. E e r r ^ f i^ a ^ e f q r v ^ o ^ J
a c r e s of water: i t enters the Garpnne about a quarter of a pnile jÿ ow
the n S O T o U t o u i r T h e breadth,- la d u d in g th e towing 44
feet ; the depth 6 feet ; the length 64., French leagues, lo j^ a ^ u t t 8 |
miles- The expence was more than half a million ftetfling.,
T h e other canals in -France aïe- very numerous ; bût, tl^ iig h af
fupremeutility, ate too m in u te to enter into this general view dfi the .
kingdom.
1 Philips, 51,' É? • kmI ' V '• l~ _ . For
Fdr Shcentufy, extending fttim 1f i f o to i^ h ,* ' Mr. Young” fuppofes 1 WW
France: to have polTefled the moft ffourifhing manufactures- in Eu ro p e ; Comm
and French writers affeft to fpeak o f the Englilh manufaftni-es as b ring
"Of'^eeehtT^me.* A fkhfcik of4 h%»ftm^oftant’)ftbj&ft, particularly in -
teteftihg»toTGrbat Britain, askh&kiW 'Of Frklfcey -ftiaft'1 h «#4 be traced
ftorri -that -well*-informed1 author. At AlAevilfeVwas a famous, minu-
faStird cffbroadeloth $ ‘#nd. an-gthematTouviene 'iri';N orinan$y. At-the
lame place, and at Amiens, were manufactures of ftuffs, Writfteds, &c.
and fome o f cotton. The manufatufes' o f Grieafts :were ftockings, and
refined fugar. At Chateau Rciux another manufactory of'btoad cloths;
and in the fame neighbourhood large iron forges.' ' At Limoges 'an
hundred looms were employed in weaving druggetsvbf hemp In d «wtidf;
and tb^i paper mills arirounted to -feVenty. ' ;Tfe'hrg©* Woollen-manu-
fariory at Cahors, bad deslined'; ’hiif; thofe o f Mxiritairba^/continued to
fmuridr. At Afentapl 1 rer. v^ere qsnftdefable manpfqriur-es ,Oj»,d>lankets
a^dj (rjrk<-.lxanid^:er)9^i^fs; but- th o ^ *o£ J4i|mes ~we re - ftill more important
ft1; f t f e i y,4^ ^ th re ad : and at^piange (was the. chief jpanu^Stupe
offilk ^o q k in g s i n , J | , France. ,-r7 ^ _ L o n d I'!'as ^ Ae Levant
c lM y rpade a t.^ e ^ e --R i.eu £ , and .ntmCarcafibnne..,.Af. Pau ..aye lartge
manu^sSuijps jO^lipjen. ..j^Tqu^ has long been ce^cbra^d for^TJc^. Beau-
vaiij one of-the mqft, ^riiypi!tp'wns,m. TraB^Ee^ fpppliesjdapeftrie&.and'
printed j^T^e^fabricatio«-of plate giafs)rat Vi?tw d l
known as the{|f.|t in Europg, . In m e l t iq g j^ e g l^ beeohrWno^ojnl.y is
which % 'fuppofed'toftbe the" e ^ i^ e a u f e it|^upmlority
over'that ^Efa'gland. At StK Quintin | are m a ^ lin e n ^ c a i^ b ^ c ^ and
gauzes. Cambrics derive their hame from ,' f ^ b ^ ^ a i d 4 >lrii''il4 c h ^ ^ '
Vale'nfeiefnes' have beehl'Mng' kno-Wn. ^Lifle1' difplays^jfenhj ftlotfe-and
camblets. • Mr. Young ftyles RouenHEe Msarl;c1heft'e.r| of France, being
a town ■ eminent in commerce, .,and yin? manufactures of', Velvet,i;'and
cotton cloths; * and Caen boafts 't>£ her fi%y Bretagne: in
generd has .numerous manufariures! o f thread and linen.!; T h ^ & '* -
cloths made at Louviere our -authoi$fefteemvs>the-£rft?in fhb w o r l^ a n d
at^hef fame plhce. is a large tcpttdn mill. 'Rhpjm4‘is,.;^*9arkab{e4isr
woollens. T h e .filk manufactures of ELyons, were eiliiqated to e n ip l^ . - '
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