THE VEHICLE. 



"Who dares not drive by day, must walk by night." 

 As the Egyptians were the first to capture and train 

 the horse, so they were the first to use chariots, and the 

 first mention we have of a chariot is in the 43rd verse of 

 the 4ist chapter of Genesis, where it is written 

 " That Pharaoh made Joseph ride in the second chariot 

 which he had." These chariots, although no doubt very 

 elaborately decorated, were very different vehicles to the 

 modern chariot, as may easily be ascertained by examining 

 any of the pictures of the Egyptian, or even the more 

 modern Greek and Roman chariots. We are told in the 

 3rd chapter of the Song of Solomon, that " King 

 Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon." 

 But in those early ages chariots were only used in battle, 

 or to swell the processions, and increase the pomp of 

 monarchs, and were never used by private individuals, 

 who rode on horses, asses, mules or camels. 



At what time carriages were first used by private 

 individuals is somewhat doubtful. According to a writer 

 in the Encyclopedia Britannica, carriages for the con- 

 veyance of private individuals were established first by 

 the Romans, who, it is asserted, had a great variety of 

 these vehicles ; which at first owing to the narrow 

 streets and roads, which were mere bridal paths were 

 very small The use of the carriages becoming more 

 general led to the formation of those excellent roads- 

 such as the Appian way, which was made 331 years 

 before Christ for the construction of which the Romans 

 were justly celebrated. The carriage which figured in 



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