. How the world travels . PREHISTORIC SLED. Caesar tells us that when he invaded Britain thechief, Cassivelaunus, had more than four thousand 4 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS chariots, and he describes how skilfully theywere handled by their drivers. * In the most steep and dijBBcult places, hesays, they could stop their horses at full stretch,turn them which way they pleased, run along the. EARLY CART WITH SOLID WHEELS. pole, rest on the harness, and throw themselvesback into the chariots with incredible Britain, at that time, there were also con-veyances for travelling, called henna, and
. How the world travels . PREHISTORIC SLED. Caesar tells us that when he invaded Britain thechief, Cassivelaunus, had more than four thousand 4 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS chariots, and he describes how skilfully theywere handled by their drivers. * In the most steep and dijBBcult places, hesays, they could stop their horses at full stretch,turn them which way they pleased, run along the. EARLY CART WITH SOLID WHEELS. pole, rest on the harness, and throw themselvesback into the chariots with incredible Britain, at that time, there were also con-veyances for travelling, called henna, and alsolarger carriages with four wheels, which carriedthe wives and children of the warriors and theirbaggage. TRAVEL IN THE OLDEN DAYS 5 The Romans themselves used chariots both forwarhke and peaceful purposes, and they werenamed biga, triga, or quadriga, according to thenumber of horses by which they were races were an important feature of the
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