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and perhaps a line of flubwood, as may fte- 

 qiiently be feen, thirty or forty feet high^ 

 rifmg on each fide of it, depriving the road 

 entirely (unlefs when the wind happens to 

 blow icngthway of the lane) of a free com- 

 munication of air. 



In low, and Indeed in ordinary fituations^ 

 hi"h hedg-cs on the fides of roads are doubly 

 hurtful : they are not only injurious to the 

 road itfcif, but, in clofe weather, are oifeniivc 

 to the traveller, and very injurious to the 

 beafts of burden and draught which are em- 

 ployed upon them. The Highway Ad there- 

 fore wifely orders, *' that the pofTefTors of 

 ** the land next adjoining to every highway 

 ** lliall cut, prune, and plalh their hedges.'* 



But this falutary claufe has hitherto been 

 very little attended to. In many counties it 

 would be diflicult to find an inllance in which 

 it has been obeyed or enforced. 



The magiftracy of this county, however^ 

 may claim fuperior merit in this refpcdt. 1 he 

 toad between York and Doncafter, near forty 

 miles, is fingularly well kept in this parti- 

 cular : fcarcciy one licentious bufli is left ; 



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