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The annexed view, taken on the fpot, will give a tolerable idea of tlie noi
trance of the fabteiTaneous paflage, which is nearly twelve fatliom in width, and eight
and a half in height, having on each lide a caufeway of free ftone of five feet and a half in
widthj the depth of the watei" about fix feet and a half.
The flone work does not continue the whole way tinder the mountain; for in feveral
places the rock has been found fufiiciently hai'd to admit of its being hewn out of it entirely,
and to ftand without farther fupport.
The ftj-le in whicli this fubterraneous pafl'age is executed docs great ci-edit to tlie corps
of engineers of Ponts and Chaufles, who were fomierly in France in the highefl: cftimation.
The water which is conveyed into tlie Canal is partly taken from the Din-ance, and
partly from the grand cana! of Crapone, which is about tliirty miles in extent, and which,
after feveral windings, precipitates itfelf into the Rhone and the Diuance, widiin ten miles
of Aix, and in tlic vicinity of the city of Aries.
From Orgon the road leading to Avignon muft be left on the right, in order to reach
that of Languedoc, which pafles through St. Remi, where there is ftill extant the remains
of a beautifiil triumphal arch, a defcription of which is given in this work.
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