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 at a time, and that confequcntly in 

 a line of rutts. 



From Dunholm to Knotsford. Turnpike. 

 It is impoffible to defcribe thefe 

 infernal roads in terms adequate 

 to their deferts : Part of thefe fix 

 miles I think are worfe than any 

 of the preceding. 



To Holmes Chapel. Turnpike. Much 

 better. 



To Newcaftle* Turnpike. This, in 

 general, is a paved caufeway, as 

 narrow as can be conceived, and 

 cut into perpetual holes, fome of 

 them two feet deep meafured on the 

 level; a more dreadful road cannot 

 be imagined ; and wherever the 

 country is the leafh fandy, the pave- 

 ment is difcontinued, and the rutts 

 and holes molt execrable. I was 

 forced to hire two men at one place 

 to fupport my chaife from over- 

 throwing, in turning out for a cart 

 of goods overthrown and almoft 

 buried. Let me perfuade all tra- 

 vellers to avoid this terrible coun- 

 try, which muft either di (locate 

 their bones with broken pavements, 

 or bury them in muddy land. 



To Burjlem. Turnpike. Deep muddy 

 rutts in clay. 



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