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nicest discrimination and knowledge of the coun- 
try, upon the highest ground, and their surfaces 
were paved with large stones, to give firmness to 
the footing of the cavalry and beasts of burden 
as they passed, and to resist as little as possible 
the motion of the wheels of their waggons and 
vehicles, in which they transported from place to 
place their baggage. It is owing to this peculi- 
arity of construction, that these mountainous roads 
may still be seen, as ridges intersecting parts of 
the country, or their remains traced out in eleva- 
tions which they have left until the present day. 
If Tacitus’ account of Agricola’s conquests in 
Britain, leads us to infer that Agricola con- 
structed a military road throughout Lancashire, 
from the south of it to the north, a later account 
of the stations in Lancashire, either established 
by him or by his successors, is given us by ano- 
ther Roman, Antoninus, in his Itinerary of 
the kingdom. His Tenth Iter is considered 
to have been southward, from the county of 
Cumberland, through a part of Westmorland, 
and thence, through Lancashire, to this place, 
Manchester. His statement, according to the 
copies which have reached us, stands thus : From 
Alione to Galacum, 19 miles; to Bremetonace, 
