Castelli, Benedetto, Of the mensuration of running waters, 1661

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              bear, the Mouth
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              della Torre
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              may be opened, and kept open
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              into the Sea. </s>
              <s>And it would, laſt of all, be of admirable bene­
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              fit to cleanſe
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              Fiume Sisto
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              from many Trees and Buſhes where­
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              with it is overgrown.</s>
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              <s>And with this I conclude, that the Improvement or Drain
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              poſſible to be made conſiſteth in theſe three particulars. </s>
              <s>Firſt,
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              in taking away the Fiſhing Weares, leaving the Courſe
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              of the Waters free. </s>
              <s>Secondly, in keeping the Principal
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              Rivers clear from Weeds and Plants. </s>
              <s>Thirdly, in keeping
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              the water of
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              Fiume Sisto
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              in its own Chanel. </s>
              <s>All which are
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              things that may be done with very little charge, and to the
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              manifeſt benefit of the whole Country, and to the rendering
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              the Air wholſomer in all thoſe Places adjoyning to the
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              Pon­
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              tine Fens.
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