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Nor does the lofs of culturablc land, and 

 the circumftance of expofing travellers iin- 

 neccfiarily to the inclemency of the weather, 

 conftitute, in this and other cafes of a fimi- 

 lar nature, the fum of impropriety ; grajjy 

 lanes are the greateft nuifance an occupier of 

 land can have in his neighbourhood : and it 

 would be well if fome general law could be 

 inftituted for their regulation. 



In the kft fedtion it was mentioned, that 

 in the Sinnington Inclofure Bill^ an admirable 

 elaufe is inferred refpecling the grafs of the 

 roads to be fet out. For the firit ten vcars, 

 no flock whatever arc to be turned loofe into 

 them ; nor, after that time, are they to 

 be common ; the furveyors, for the time be- 

 ing, having a power to let them, and apply 

 the rent to the repair of the reads of the to'xr.foip. 



With rcfped to the drying of roads after 

 rain, more depends on the kejght of the 

 HEDGES th;jn on the width of the lane. The 

 crown of a barrelled road thirty feet wide, 

 with hedges kept down to fourTeet high, 

 will dry nearly as foon as if no hedges were 

 near it, and much foonerthan a road in the 

 middle of a lane fixty feet wide, with hedges 



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