348 STAGE-COACH AND MAIL IN DAYS OF YORE 



drawn up by irresponsible busybodies for straight 

 and broad neAV tracks, or for the remodelling of 

 the old roads on the same principle. E,oadside 

 trees and avenues keep the surface damp and 

 muddy after rain, and so, as rubber-tyred cars 

 are apt to skid and side-slip on mud, the same 

 voices call for the abolition of Avayside trees. 

 Old England is in a parlous state, when these 

 tilings can be advocated and no indignant pro- 

 tests rise. 



