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i'uts and hollcivs^ with a \\oq^ fo fajt as they ar6 

 formed^ it is, in wet weather, one of the fineft 

 toads in the kingdom. 



I have obferved, in other parts of the 

 ifland, roads, covered with nothing but com- 

 mon /and, kept in good condition by the fame 

 eafv means. And the roads which have been 

 held out as patterns are all managed, whe- 

 ther of gravel or of ftone, in a fimllar way. 



Indeed, all well-managed turnpike roads 

 have men confiantly employed upon them for 

 the purpofe of repairing Jmall breaches, in or- 

 der to prevent large ones ; and every township 

 ought to employ a roadman or wobkino- 

 WAY-REAvt, one or more days in each week 

 throughout the year, for the fame excellent 

 purpofe. 



Inftead of exhaufiingthe whole of the fta- 

 tute duty (as it is called) in laying on coat 

 upon coat, at feme certain feafon ol the year, 

 and Iciting the ro.uls lie until the return of 

 that feafon, as much neglected as if they did 

 not belong to the towniliip -, — fach parts, 

 only, as arc worn too thin, fliould be cover- 

 ed : a fufiicicncy of materials being referved, 



and 



