i88 ROADS. 5, 



Ruts and hollows, \\4Tich are yet too flial- 

 ]ow to require to be filled in, fliould be open- 

 ed on the lower fide to prevent water from 

 flanding in them ; but luch as are too deep 

 for this operation, fhouldbe levelled in with- 

 out lofs of time. 



Upon fto'nc rocJs, this may frequently be 

 done by coiledting locfe fioues^ aqd chipping 

 off the neighbouring frc tuber ances (equally 

 dangerous on :hc furfacc of a road) and bury- 

 ing them in the hollows to be filled up ; thus 

 removing two principal evils of (lone roads 

 in doing away a third. 



But additional materials being in many 

 cafes Fcquifite, they ought to be laid ready 

 in proper rcccffcs; for the purpofc of level- 

 ling inequalities as faft as they are niade; 

 and thereby preventing the evil effeds of the 

 worft enemy of a wcll-fcrmed \o?A^—Jland- 

 inz zvaier. 



The road between Lvnn and Wlfbech, 

 over the mnrfhlands of Norfolk, is formed 

 ciKircly ofy?//, a fpecie^ of fea-mud, fo fine 

 as to be fcareciy palpable; nevcrthelcfs, 

 wi'h tlie pr-c:u;i'ons of keeping the furface 

 jrse fromfiandui^ iJOJiter^ and of levelling in the 



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