Roads
Road-making, under a proper system, is rather an expensive undertaking, particularly when the requisite material is difficult to procure. It is, however, of great importance that an approach Road or carriage drive, leading to a mansion, should be properly lined out, and formed, and be afterwards kept clean and in good repair. The bed should be well drained, and the bottom filled, to a depth of about 1ft., with hard, porous material, such as rough stones; on this should be placed about 3in. of rather finer material, such as broken granite or ballast, and a similar depth of finer gravel still put over the surface. In the formation of Roads, the proper levels must first be ascertained, and the full depth taken out altogether, should the ground be of an unsuitable description. The several depths of the different sorts of material may be best indicated by pegs driven in some 10ft. apart, so that their tops may be used as a guide for working.