CONTENTS. ix

CHAP. IX.

IMPROVING OLD ROADS, P. 234.

Page

Objects to be attended to - - 234

Turnpike Roads - - - 235

Direction ----- 235

Convexity - - _ - - 236

Hardness - - - - - 236

Drains - ~ ‘ ^£5®

Embankment - ■ 236

Footpath ----- 236

Side Channels - - 236

Wastes ----- 236

Fences ----- 236

Parish Roads - - ~ - 241

Surface ----- 241

Convexity - - “ - - 241

Drains - - - - 241

Embankment - ' 242

CHAP. X.

REPAIRING ROADS, P. 243.

Quality of Materials - 24 ^

Basalt—Granite—Quartz— Syenite—Porphyry

_Wliinstone — Guernsey Granite — Mount-

sorrel Stone—Hartshill Stone - - 244

Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire

Pebbles - 244

Schistus— Limestone—Sandstone - - 244