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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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For
ponds
of
liquid
dirt,
and
a
scattering
of
loose
flints
just
sufficient
to
lame
every
horse
that
moves
near
them,
with
the
addition
of
cutting
vile
grips
across
the
road
under
the
pretence
of
letting
the
water
off,
but
without
effect,
altogether
render
at
least
twelve
out
of
these
sixteen
miles
as
infamous
a
turnpike
as
ever
was
beheld."
In
one
of
his
journeys,
Young
proceeded
to
the
north
by
the
great
north
road,
thence
making
branch
trips
to
the
various
agricultural
districts.
Of
many
of
these
roads
he
gives
a
sorry
account.
Thus:
"To
Wakefield,
indifferent;
through
the
town
of
Wakefield
so
bad
that
it
ought
to
be
indicted.
To
Castle
Howard,
infamous;
I
was
near
being
swallowed
up
in
a
slough.
From
Newton
to
Stokesley
in
Cleveland,
execrably
bad.
You
are
obliged
to
cross
the
moors
they
call
Black
Hambledon,
over
which
the
road
runs
in
narrow
hollows
that
admit
a
south-country
chaise
with
such
difficulty,
that
I
reckon
this
part
of
the
journey
made
at
the
hazard
of
my
neck.
The
going
down
into
Cleveland
is
beyond
all
description
terrible;
for
you
go
through
such
steep,
rough,
narrow,
rocky
precipices,
that
I
would
sincerely
advise
any
friend
to
go
a
hundred
miles
to
escape
it.
The
name
of
this
path
is
very
judicious,
Scarthneck--that
is,
Scare-Nick,
or
frighten
the
devil.
"From
Richmond
to
Darlington,
part
of
the
great
north
road;
execrably
broke
into
holes
like
an
old
pavement,
sufficient
to
dislocate
one's
bones."
"To
Morpeth;
a
pavement
a
mile
or
two
out
of
Newcastle;
all
the
rest
vile.
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