Excerpt from The World Displayed, or a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 7 of 8 Their canals are very convenient for, traveling, which is. Generally performed here in lhrge boats, Covered fo'as to afford lhelter from all the injuries of the weather, and drawn by horfes, which fet off and reach their journey's end exactly at certain hours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.