Note 2 — REMARKS ON ROADS.

The increase of the breadth of the wheels, though in a greater proportion than that of the weights, is by no means a compensation for it; because the whole breadth in many instances, from the inequality of the ground, or the wheels, will not be brought to bear whenever it can, the first impression must be made by the nails, where they are prominent, perhaps by a single nail; or the bearing may happen upon single pieces of materials, or upon the edges of materials, incapable of supporting the weights. See Enquiry into the State of the Public Roads, by the Rev. Henry Homer, A. M. Rector of Birdlingbury, Warwickshire. Published in 1767, Page 66.

It must be observed, that these remarks of Mr. Homer, and of every other writer on the subject of roads, are only applicable to such as are loose, rough, and uneven; and that no one seems to have contemplated the idea of a road being made at once strong, smooth, and solid.—Author.