| Edmond Halley - 1708 - 460 pages
...Befidesit is the great annoyance of theTewn,and no doubtbut makesit much moreunhealthy.Iftherefore they but fcour'd the Channel, and made a pretty ordinary...Yards deep when the Flood is out-, as if Nature had defigned it before hand : They might thus drain all the Swamp abfolutely dry, or lay it under Water... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1716 - 748 pages
...Trench all along the Middle of the Swamp, and Placed a Sluice atlthe Mouth where it Opens into the B.ick Creek ; for the Mouth of the Channel there is Narrow, has a good Hard Bottom, and is not part г Tards Deep when the Flood is Out ; as if Nature had defign'd it before i-Lnd : They might thus... | |
| Edmond Halley - 1727 - 470 pages
...fcoured the Channel, and made a pretty ordinary Trench all along the middle of the Swamp, placed a Sluce at the Mouth, where it opens into the back Creek...and is not paft two Yards deep when the Flood is out j as if Nature had defigned it beforehand : They might thus drain all the Swamp abfolutely dry, or... | |
| Peter Force - 1844 - 582 pages
...scoured the Channel, and made a pretty ordinary Trench all along the middle of the Swamp, placed a Sluce at the Mouth, where it opens into the back Creek...there is narrow, has a good hard Bottom, and is not past two Yards deep when the Flood is out; as if Nature had designed it beforehand : They might thus... | |
| John Demos - 1991 - 500 pages
...scoured the channel, and made a pretty ordinary trench all along the middle of the swamp, placed a sluice at the mouth where it opens into the Back Creek (for...there is narrow, has a good hard bottom, and is not past two yards deep when the flood is out, as if nature had designed it beforehand), they might thus... | |
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