OCT. 13. 1835. London to Watford and Berkhamstead.-Proceeding along the Edgware Road, we found it had undergone great improvement within the last three or four years. This road needed no alteration in the direction, being nearly a straight line from Paddington to Edgware; but it was very irregular in regard to breadth; and some hills required lowering, and hollow places and trifling watercourses filling up, or being crossed by substantial bridges, All these improvements, and others, have been accomplished in a very effectual and satisfactory manner, under the direction of the local trustees. At Edgware there is one of the handsomest toll-houses in the neighbourhood of London. (fig. 31.) On the summit of the tower is a reflecting lamp with three burners; two looking along the road before and behind, and one looking across for the purpose of illuminating the gate and gate-posts. [The tower on this toll-house has been since taken down, the lamp at night having been found to frighten horses, when brilliantly illuminated. Such, at least, was the excuse made to us, in 1834, for its disappearance.]
