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The width of a carnage road should be from about ten to twenty feet. 

 A very wide road is not particularly necessary in an open park ; for, should 

 two carriages meet, one of them can generally turn off a little on to the 

 sward. But in dress grounds where the road is long, and two carriages may 

 meet, eighteen feet will not be too wide. 



The road should be well drained, and laid dry with rough stones or gravel, 

 about five or six inches deep, or more, over which should be laid about three 

 inches of well-broken gravel or stones, with an inch of fine gravel at the top. 

 The surface of the road should have a fall from its centre of about an inch 

 to the yard ; and should be so arranged as to show the grass edgings not more 

 than an inch higher than the road. 



Gravel, especially in the dress ground, should always be kept smooth 

 and firm, and neither hoed nor raked, but weeded by the hand, and often 

 rolled a few hours after rain has fallen. Rolling in dry weather is more 

 calculated to loosen than to fasten it. If not of a kind which sets well, a 

 very slight covering of dry murly clay, or very small broken limestone, or 

 scraplings, spread before the gravel is laid on, will be of service. Loose 

 gravel, either on walks or roads, is decidedly objectionable. 



