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ing advantageoufly thofe who otherwife 

 would have no employment at all. 



Leaving Bedford, I took the road to 

 Nor thilli it was for a few miles the Biggie/- 

 wade turnpike, but I was aftonifhed to find 

 after I left the turnpike, that the road con- 

 tinued a very fine caufeway, of a good 

 breadth and heighth, and very level and 

 free from ruts ; I could fcarce believe my- 

 felf upon a byeroad, which induced me to 

 enquire : I found it was the excellent effect 

 of fevcral gentlemen attending much to 



the bufinefs; particularly Hozvardj 



Efq; of Carrington) who not only greatly 

 aftifted the parifh in making a fine caufe- 

 way through the village, but himfelf ex- 

 pended above fifty pounds in making one 

 bad piece a good road : Highly deferving 

 of praife are fuch inflances, for had other 

 gentlemen conducted themfelves with half 

 this fpirit, turnpikes would have been ren- 

 dered quite unneceffary : A ftriking con- 

 trad to this by-road is the turnpike between 

 Newport and Bedford. 



Having mentioned Carrington, I fhould 

 not forget to remark, that that village is 

 one of the neatcft, beft built, and moft 

 lively I have fcen ; moft of the houfes and 

 cottages are new-built, all of them tiled, 

 and many of brick, which, with white 

 pales and little plantations, have a moft 

 plealing effect. After I left Carrington, 



the 



