The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-25
.els.. THE RIVER PO.
Translated from The Paris Pays June 8, for the NEW
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Translated from be Paris Pays June 8, for the NEW
YORK HERALD
Marep Beautcmps, Beaupre, some English hydrogrs-
phers, aud particularly the captain Of the frgae lie
Gras, in hts Manuel Ia Navigation dams la mer
Adra,que, give important information the naviga
ton OF the Po
This river, famous by the symbolic Call of Icarus, and
which has been sung the ''King Of Rivers is the
Padus Of the Iatns or the Eridan has Its In
the Grison Alps at Mount viso, by latitude Al deg AZ
run Of $50 miles from to east from Turin falls into
the Gulf Of Venie after having been increased in its
by several small rivers.
The several mouths OF the Pc, which subject to
merous variations, are all included between the port o,
Ieyant and that Of volana In the Bay Of PeAzza They
extent of sixteen miles In that whole space the
coast is formed by the matters which the river drifts 10
lie couse, and which ii takes from the lands Of Upper
Italy. By deposits OF many centuries, those matter
have undoubtedly changed the condguraon OF the coast
shich evidently formed there O great gulf where
large oec,rg point OF about eight miles is TO De found
Point of Maestro, for the most part arshy
covered with reeds aud cut by large number OF channels
which divide !! in great quantity Of islands
All those channels and all those sands vary constantly
as to their shape and eze principally in the spring, at the
time OF the melting OF the snow and ia tus fall after the
great rains Nhich sweing the river increase also the
quantity OF mud which II drifts
From Pacenza and after Pontelavoscuro, which may
DO looked upon being the port Of Ferare the Pc
between two dkes far as Papozze aud Serravae,
villages nineteen miles east northeast OF Ferrare Those
oEfs bait TO keep the river in its bed have risen that
bed several feet above tbs plain goes through this is
the reason that the Inhabitants Of the Ferra
ias and Poletna always In fear Of inuudasion.
The river has, es far Serravalle, the Of the
Great Po There divides into two braDchesone going
eastward throws se into the at the Point Of Maestr
the ether towards the southeast flows into the the
north OF the road CT Cora The fret Is called the Pc Of the
estra, and the second the Pc OF Goro rhose two
branches are nov almost the only useful for naviga
tim
Between the Bay OF Pelszza and the Point of Maestro
fere are Sven principal mouths through which
ves al the Pc dele Tole small anch of the Great Po
ana through TO the Pc OF Naesra ALI are encum oered
sth ssndbanks which constantly vary, and danger
Gus even for the traders because nothing indicates Them
beses those four which accable can only receive
vessels Of 20 tons.
The Point OF Maestro encs at the north-the delta of the
Pc is very low, AZ is the whole o, the dea and
II is prudent to remain at distance when going 10
Venice or when leaving the ports OF the laguna. The
mouth OF the Pc Grapde called port OF Maestro s four and
baf mes TO the northwest OF that point aud It's pro-
lopgaou That mouth, which has only existei sh ,rt
time, has taken the pscs Of that which two miles
N the southeast, through which thst river could be
reached but entirely opsructed Large sandbanks
which that OF the render the entrance
the Port of Maestro difficult for the traders There.
fore says Captain L. Gras whose "Manue contains the
best information Of those mouths cannot too strongly
recommend the commanders OF particularly large ships To
keep away from tina. part OF the coast on
Of the rapid currents which found there
OF the uncertainty Of the bottoms which constantly vary