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 because it exhibits a degree of consideration for, and liberality towards the public, that we seldom meet with in public companies; it being unfortunately notorious, that so far from treating the public or individuals with liberality, public bodies are too frequently guilty of meannesses which the persons who constitute them would, individually, despise.

21¾ 75½

An embankment, half a mile in length, brings us to the Excavation, which is from 10 to 15 feet deep, nearly two miles long, and is crossed by five bridges. Shortly after entering it, we arrive at the

21¼ 76

From here there is nothing to interest the reader, until we arrive at

20 77¼

the 77¼ post, when we enter on the Standeford Embankment, the longest on the line; it is, indeed, an extraordinary work. In many places it is from thirty to five and thirty feet above the level of the fields; it is six miles in length, and carries the Railway over thirteen bridges, and under two: