Ill THE REGULATION OF RIVERS AND WATERWAYS. reduced in height, extensive tracts of The above-mentioned regulation of the swampy ground have been laid dry and Rhine may be considered one of the most converted into fertile arable land. Fur- extensive and interesting undertakings ther, more than… … appreciated without reference to the ex- have been reclaimed, and brought in a haustive description and numerous plans great measure under cultivation ; and, issued by the Public Works Department lastly, the low-lying tracts are now no of the Grand Duchy of Baden at Carls- longer exposed to…
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