| OF SOMERSETSHIRE-s- 307 rede,} ila fold fur Navigable canals would alſo greatly tend to reduce the LEN number of horſes, and, wherever the ſituation is ſuch as to î i admit of them, ſhould be encouraged. A| OEA ſpirit of ſpeculation and gambling the country is 2 indebted for the canals now cutting; but though the rage D has ſubſided, yet, I truſt, the probable advantages will in- ſpire the preſent adventurers with ſufficient ſpirit and vigour z E to proſecute their undertaking, to its full completion. O The county is rich, populous, and abounds with all thoſe eau heavy articles of traffick, which will render water convey- & by ance profitable to the ſubſcribers, and beneficial to the publics 0 parr, and if the cuts be made of ſmall dimenſions, the coſt will be trifling; the conſumption of land, and the invaſion of private property, inſignificant: ſuch a canal could only be the conſidered as a large ditch, and might be ſo multiplied as to anſwer the purpoſe of turnpike-roads. tion of LS E do Sthly. Amend the Publick Roads. eue Nothing ſo much contributes to the improvement of a eof county as good roads; before the eſtabliſhment of turn- e coN- pikes, many parts of this county were ſcarcely acceſlible. tid| Seven or eight horſes were neceflary to draw a waggon y thre loaded with zwo tons weight, and ſcarcely ever exceeded the tinte diſtance of twenty miles a day; now, the ſame number oí Sr be| horſes will draw fve tons, and travel thirty or forty miles. ls| This is an immenſe ſaving of labour, and yet the eſtabliſh- enemy|———————— A ſpecies|* In ſome parts of the kingdom road clubs are eſtabliſhed. Theſe are very good inſtitutions» and ought to be adopted in every county« SS| Rules nd orders of ſuch clubs may be ſeen in the appendix to the e breeder Worceſterſhire report.‘The reluctance which E er ES jeſſcathe| preferring indidtments, re nders ſuch an aſſociation peculiariy necellar i. Xx 2 ment | | /