John H. W. Pettit letters to his family in England, illustrated with sketches by the writer, 1852-1868 - Page 353
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must one day be abandoned, as it is about the worst
line that could possibly be found . This road has been a vexed
question for years and there would be some credit
attached to the discovery of a good available line
I can assure you that there is ?? 20 to 30 miles of the
Road absolutely from 1 to 3 feet in mud and many
places soft patches that would take a horse over
his back, there has been many a beast smothered and buried in the road. I have made up my mind
that i am not going to have 6 mos transportation on
such a hole in this without gaining in some way. This is
just one of the many mistakes made by the Gov.
I am the only one in their employ who knows the country
I shall leave . Nobody will be able to run my ?
or know anything about the country and everything will
have to be gone over when the information is
required.
I am afraid my dear farher i have been led in to
yarns about ? that will not prove of the slightest
interest to you but i hardly know what else to write
about except those matters connected with myself
? in some shape or other