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find not only very fair roadways, but will enjoy an- 

 other boon, for which the " Ixions of the wheel '' are 

 to be thanked, — comfortable and frequent places for 

 repose and refreshment, where civilised meals are 

 served, and a generally and genuinely human effort 

 made to render him comfortable. 



We take our trips to Europe, to the far West, 

 East, North, and South, but the intermediate sec- 

 tions are known to us only through glimpses obtained 

 from a flying car window. An occasional locality 

 may be discovered by accident, find prompt apprecia- 

 tion, and attract frequent pilgrimages, but such an 

 event is unusual, and, barring the patronage of that 

 Croesus who is so necessary, apparently, to the 

 advance of all such enterprises, its success must be 

 but ephemeral. It is wonderful what a fillip the 

 presence of such an one lends to the charms of 

 nature, and how his interest adds to the value of 

 scenery, or waters, or air — so far as the general 

 public is concerned. It is extraordinary, also, that 

 of the thousands who annually voyage hither and 

 thither, so very few ever think of exploring and en- 



