KARLY HO ADS 



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MODES OF TRAVELLING. 



CHAPTEE I. 



OLD KOADS. 



ROADS have iii all times been among the most influential 

 agencies of society; and the makers of roads, by en- 

 abling men readily to communicate with each other, 

 have properly been regarded as among the most effective 

 pioneers of civilization. Roads are literally the path- 

 ways not only of industry, but of social and national 

 intercourse. Wherever a line of communication be- 

 1 ween men is formed, it renders commerce practicable ; 

 and, where commerce penetrates, it invariably creates a 

 civilization and leaves a history. Roads place the city 

 and the town in connection with the village and the 

 farm, open up markets for field produce, and provide out- 

 lets for manufactures. They enable the natural resources 

 of a country to be developed, facilitate travelling and 

 intercourse, break down local jealousies, and in all ways 

 tend to bind together society and bring out fully that 

 healthy spirit of industry which is the life and soul of 

 every great nation. 



The road is so necessary an instrument of social 

 well-being that in every new colony it is one of the 

 first things thought of. First roads, then institutions, 

 followed by schools, churches, and newspapers. The 

 new country, as well as the old, can only be effectually 

 kw opened up." as the common phrase is, by roads, and 



