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<p>Here, Sir, ends the intended Memorial. But<lb/> in the course of my comunication with M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long,<lb/> some hints fell from that gentleman, which could<lb/> not, as it seems to me, be with equal propriety<lb/> taken notice of in any such paper, and which at the<lb/> same Time seemed too material not to be reported,<lb/> Sir, to you. His notion was, that there might be a<lb/> spot Found, such as in or might be made equally<lb/> eligible, somewhere on Hounslow Heath, inasmuch<lb/> as it has, or in at one time or other to have, the<lb/> <gap/> of water carriage. My answer was, that<lb/> such a spot, it it does exist (for I know of no <gap/><lb/> canal as yet existing on Hounslow Heath)<lb/> would not by any means be equally eligible: not<lb/> with a view to the public service; for want of<lb/> equal <gap/> to the great seat of public <gap/><lb/> , the Metropolis : not with a view to my<lb/> own private economy ( an <gap/><gap/> connected<lb/> with the public service ) for want of equal <gap/> to that great <foreign>depôt</foreign> of raw materials and finished<lb/> goods. | |||
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<p>On my speaking of the faith of the engagement,<lb/> and of the old spot as the basis of the proposal that<lb/> | |||
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Here, Sir, ends the intended Memorial. But
in the course of my comunication with Mr Long,
some hints fell from that gentleman, which could
not, as it seems to me, be with equal propriety
taken notice of in any such paper, and which at the
same Time seemed too material not to be reported,
Sir, to you. His notion was, that there might be a
spot Found, such as in or might be made equally
eligible, somewhere on Hounslow Heath, inasmuch
as it has, or in at one time or other to have, the
of water carriage. My answer was, that
such a spot, it it does exist (for I know of no
canal as yet existing on Hounslow Heath)
would not by any means be equally eligible: not
with a view to the public service; for want of
equal to the great seat of public
, the Metropolis : not with a view to my
own private economy ( an connected
with the public service ) for want of equal to that great depôt of raw materials and finished
goods.
On my speaking of the faith of the engagement,
and of the old spot as the basis of the proposal that
had
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