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executed, and is now found of peculiar ufe to 

 all travellers, and of benefit to the town. 



But as a town without good roads to and 

 from it is of courfe but in a paltry condition, 

 Mr. Dixon applied himfelf with great fpirit 

 to rendering the road to Belford, north and 

 fouth, as good as poffible ; this he effected 

 as far as his influence extended, and would 

 not have left a mile of bad road in the whole 

 country, had others been as folicitous as 

 himfelf about fo important an object. 



Coals had formerly been raifed around 

 Belford, but the pits exhausted, and the un- 

 dertaking difcontinued for many years. The 

 common report which this active Gentleman 

 heard on all fides was, that no more coal was 

 advantageoufly to be had ; but common re- 

 port was not fufricient for him ; he tried in 

 feveral places, and was fortunate enough to 

 find a very beneficial feam, which has been 

 fince worked to noble advantage, both to 

 the town and the proprietor. 



Difcovering of coal, led to the burning of 

 lime for the purpofes of agriculture, as a ma- 

 nure, in a much larger way than had been 

 ufual ; and for this work three new lime- 

 kilns were erected, in a moil fubftantial 

 manner, and at a large expence. 



This fpirited Gentleman meditates yet 



greater works : He propofes to eftablifh fuch 



manufactures, as may employ all the poor of 



the country. He defigns to build a coal road 



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