52 Road Engineering 'well understood. 



The estimation of others is a successful stimulus 

 to merit our own. 



One good resulted self-interest compelled 

 the chief to treat his clan with respect ; and by 

 gilding the chains of slavery, individual vanity 

 rendered his followers insensible to their fetters. 



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 The first sight we got of New Galloway pro- 

 duced some surprise at our elevation above it. 



The art of road making is well understood in 

 Galloway, and other parts of Scotland. In the 

 distance of seven miles we had ascended at 

 least five hundred feet, without an apparent 

 pull. 



The new road from Perth to Dundee, which 

 formerly was a continued exertion over the tops 

 of the hills, has been materially shortened by 

 passing at the feet of them, through the Carse 

 of Gowry, with few greater ascents than one 

 foot in twenty. This species of engineering is 

 highly beneficial to all countries, but especially 

 to those the surface of which may be compared 

 to a basket of eggs. 

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The luxuriance of the potatoe crops on the 



