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But notvvithftanding thcfe exertions, nnd 

 the quantity of labour and money which 

 have been expended on thefe alterations, the 

 roads are ftill far from being commodious, 

 or even fafe. The fame folly of doing over 

 much, which difcovers itfelf too plainly in 

 the roads of almoft every Diftrict of the 

 kingdom, is here manifeft. 



Roads can fcarcely be raifed too little : a 

 gentle defcent for rain-water is all that is re- 

 quifite or ijfeful, and conftitutes the fole in- 

 tention of raifing; them. And the only drain 

 the fide of a road requires is a mere channel, 

 with out-lets, to prevent the water,thrownofi' 

 by the road, from collefting by the fide of ir. 



Therefore, in forming a road, all the 

 preparation requifite (previous to the cover- 

 ing) is to form fuch a channel on either fide, 

 by paring down the outer edges of the fee ; 

 calling the foil into the margin, or carrying- 

 it off for fome ufcful purpofe. Not a fpade- 

 fuU of earth (hould be thrown into the middle 

 of the fitc, except to level inequalities. The 

 con'Ucxity (the flope formed by the paring on 

 either fide excepted) Ihould be given en- 

 lircly by the ftoncs or other hard materials j 

 N 3 whicl\ 



