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facility than is pra£licable, upon many other great roads, with 

 a double number. 



I beg leave to notice, that fome parts of the road, where 

 embankings have been neceflary, are not provided with a 

 wall or row of polls, for the fecurity of travellers, which 

 will be a dangerous negle61: in Winter nights, or during a. 

 fnow ftorm. This occurs particularly at two places to the 

 weft ward of Airdr'ie^ and ought to be inftantly remedied. 



Excellent houfes for the accommodation of travellers, are 

 like wife provided at every ftage ; and, if the adjoining foil, 

 the capital ftock of the inhabitants, was of a fuperior quality, 

 this road might be travelled over with pleafure and delight, in 

 every refpe6t. 



Yours, &Ci 



A Travell£r. 



TO THE CONDUCTORS OF THE FARMER's MAGAZINE. 



Gentlemen, 



The diftrefles arifmg from the fcarcity of fodder having 

 been feverely felt throughout the whole of Britain during the 

 late uncommon feafon, efpecially in the hilly and upland dif- 

 tri£l:s, I take the liberty (through the medium of your Maga- 

 zine) of offering fome hints, which, if properly taken up, may 

 nave a tendency to leflen the evil in future. 



The moft prominent feature of the Highland hufbandry, 

 6ext to the almoft total inattention to the breed of their fheep 

 and cattle, is the improvidence and want of care in fecuring 

 a proper fupply of Winter fuftenance for them ; a negleft the 

 more to blamed, as it is fully in their power to procure a 

 fufficiency with little trouble, and almoft without expence. 

 In thefe elevated fituations, abundance of herbage of a nu- 

 tritive quality is produced, upon which the animals not only 

 live, but fatten, during Summer, and which, when the Win- 

 ters are mild, continues to fupport them in health and vigour 

 during that inclement feafon. In years fo calamitous as the 

 laft, hov/ever, the cafe is fomewhat different. A continued 

 feries of cold wet weather during the Spring, Summer, and 

 Autumn, killed many iheep and lambs early in the year, and 



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