. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. lOS THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [April, By thia time the Captain's funds had been greatly reduced, and he applied to tlie trustees for a remittance, which they, however refused and he was reduced to the necessity of canvassine; his friends for fur- ther sums which was after some difficulty suppliecl. This was in Feb- ruary, and it was not till the winter had expired that the gap was squared and tilled up and the tides were expelled for the third time on the Is
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. lOS THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [April, By thia time the Captain's funds had been greatly reduced, and he applied to tlie trustees for a remittance, which they, however refused and he was reduced to the necessity of canvassine; his friends for fur- ther sums which was after some difficulty suppliecl. This was in Feb- ruary, and it was not till the winter had expired that the gap was squared and tilled up and the tides were expelled for the third time on the Isth of June. He continued also to increase the height of the dam till it was two feet above the level of a high tide that occurred in November, occasioned by the conjoined effects of a great storm and the moon's being in perigee. It appears from his statements that the works had left him in a sadly crippled state as far as regarded his purse, and he concludes by urging the trustees at least to make up his deficiency that he might be enabled to steer clear of his creditors. He says "If I may—now the work is completed and so many years (5) spent therein, be but freed from the debts and engagements into which it has plunged me, and set at liberty to offer myself upon some other work, whereby I may be of use to my country and have an opportunity of getting my bread; I shall cheer- fully submit to whatsoever shall be thought fit as to any consideration or reward to ; He further volunteers his services for the im- provement of the ports of Dublin and Dover, reports on both of which he subjoins to his narrative. I cannot, from the want of access to proper data (occasioned by a casual visit to the country), take any step towards ascertaining in what way the petition of our author was received by the Trustees and the house of parliament, as such informa- tion is not contained in his own narrative, that he was in some way freed from actual imprisonment and allowed to go
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