> At 10:00 AM 7/22/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > >In which case, Waha's actions in making the Good Canal seem
perfectly
> > >reasonable to me.
>
> >Who ever said it was unreasonable from Waha's viewpoint? What does
he care
> >what some silly rivers think? My thought was that the rivers would
be very
> >reluctant/hostile to allow anyone to construct new canals in Prax
because of
> >that business.
>
> Which is why I recommended the Waha myth to build the canals in the
> first place.
>
> >My other point was that he botched the job. If he really wanted to
clean
> >the devil out of Prax he should have continued the canal to run all
the way
> >to the ocean.
>
> Or to the Underworld, which is where the head of the Good Canal
> ends up IMO.
>
> --Peter Metcalfe
Hmm, I'd be more willing to accept this if there wasn't that big swamp
around the outlet of the canal. I suppose there could be some magical
reason why it's still there despite the drain to end to all drains
being available for draining.
Oliver