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Growing along the highway, which is often bounded 

 by stone walls, are frequent thickets of hazel bushes 

 interspersed and bordered with goldenrods and asters. 

 Throughout the whole extent of this country road 

 there are beautiful things to look at, trees and shrubs 

 in great variety, often rich in autumn coloring. The 

 road-bed itself gradually ascends to the head of the 

 valley on a grade never exceeding five per cent. It 

 has a smooth hard surface bordered with a strip of 

 land \vhich continues the slope of the road and is 

 covered with grass or other hardy low vegetation, 

 and this, in turn, is bordered perhaps on a steep bank 

 by the growth described. The curves of the road 

 are so easy that an automobile can move safely on 

 high speed and still the beauty of the road itself and 

 the country it traverses is such that it is tempting 

 to one who likes to walk and can take his time to 

 enjoy scenery. While the road is always curved 

 it changes its direction so gradually that approaching 

 vehicles can be seen at a long distance, so that the 

 element of danger is reduced to a minimum. 



This imaginary road merely gives a hint of the 

 beauty of a highway which reaches out to a country 

 southeast of a large city, not only of the beauty of 

 the highway itself but also of the country on either 



