Traces of Troglodytes. 



IT would be interesting to know how far our 

 country roads follow the lines of the old Indian 

 trails. That some do so we have positive knowl- 

 edge, but how seldom do we think of this when 

 jogging along the present dusty highways, and 

 picture the lazy bucks and burden-bearing squaws 

 as they passed this same way and rested, it may 

 be, in the shade of some still standing way-side 

 oak ! If happily our thoughts drift in such a 

 channel, there is added interest even to the most 

 romantic thoroughfare. 



Not long since, with a companion, I wandered 

 many a mile over a hilly country, having the 

 Indian uppermost in mind, because we were in 

 search of whatsoever he had left behind, and for 

 long the road and one-time trail were the same. 

 In and out among the rounded hills, sometimes 

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