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fequent on the frailty of human forefight, might be 4fter- 
wards lefiened;. and the perfection of a bill, which would 
bear, as to its principles, the moft able criticifm, and in its 
application the fevereft trial, may be expected, as a fair 
confequence of due deliberation. 
But one, anda firft, obje<t of fuch a bill mutt be, the turn- 
ing the greateft poffible quantity of land to ax improved account. 
Now, with all the deference which the writer feels for fuch 
authority, he muft beg leave, in’ the name of many Mem- 
bers of this Society, to differ from the Menthly Reviewers, 
refpecting their claim of “ a very wide border to be pre- 
ferved on each fide of the publick roads.”,—Cui bono? If 
to be cultivated, would it not be better inclofed? And can 
it be equally productive if uncultivated? If the benefit of a 
fummer track for horfes and carriages were any object, it 
would be chiefly an half-yearly one; and would not the -x/e 
be fo far forth deftructive of the natural produce, for any 
kind of food? Where there are no fummer roads, will not 
briers, rufhes, docks, thiftles, and numerous weeds abound? 
‘Tn flat, and in all moift fituations, fuch a ufe of borders 
would be prevented by frequent era/: trenches, to carry off the 
water from the roads to the main ditches. Where fuch 
borders are referved for digging /fone or gravel, are they not 
commonly deformed and dangerous? If fuch large refer- 
vations are to be made for cafual fencing in, for the future 
purpofe of cottaze-building and gardens, is not fucha general - 
provificr! improvident as to the feale of !t? Uncertain as to its 
ufe? And liable to become ragged and irregular by that ufe? 
If it be called for, asa {pace by the way-fide, for the grazing 
of cattle for cottagers, to which no man has a particular 
right, and which, therefore, no man will take any pains to 
keep decent, it muft be lefs valuable to individuals than a 
fmall portion of their own, fenced in and appropriated. 
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