Two thousand miles on an automobile; being a desultory narrative of a trip through New England, New York, Canada, and the West . he habitations of men where fieldsare green and sheltering woods offer refuge from thenoonday sun, where rivers ripple with laughter, andthe great lakes smile in soft content. Unhappy the man who does not believe his countrythe best on earth and his people the chosen of men. New York to Buffalo 307 The promise of automobiling is knowledge of ones Thc/uturrown land. The confines of a city are stifling to thesport; the machine snorts with impatience on dustypavements f
Two thousand miles on an automobile; being a desultory narrative of a trip through New England, New York, Canada, and the West . he habitations of men where fieldsare green and sheltering woods offer refuge from thenoonday sun, where rivers ripple with laughter, andthe great lakes smile in soft content. Unhappy the man who does not believe his countrythe best on earth and his people the chosen of men. New York to Buffalo 307 The promise of automobiling is knowledge of ones Thc/uturrown land. The confines of a city are stifling to thesport; the machine snorts with impatience on dustypavements filled with traffic, and seeks the freedom ofcountry roads. Within a short time every hill andvalley within a radius of a hundred miles is a familiarspot; the very houses become known, and farmersshout friendly greetings as the machine flies by, orlend helping hands when it is in distress. Within a season or two it will be an every-day sightto see people journeying leisurely from city to city;abandoned taverns will be reopened, new ones built,and the highways, long since deserted by pleasure, willonce more be gay with CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THROUGH CANADA HOME Customs We left Buffalo, Saturday the 20th, at four oclockfor St. Catharines. At the Bridge we were delayeda short time by customs formalities. In going out of the States it is necessary to enterthe machine for export and return, otherwise oncoming in again the officials on our side will collectduty on its full value. On crossing to the Canadian side, it is necessary to enter the machine and pay the duty of thirty per cent, on its valuation. The machine is entered for temporary use in Canada, under a law providing for 308 Through Canada Home 309 the use of bicycles, hunting and fishing outfits, andsporting implements generally, and the port at whichyou intend to go out is named; a receipt for the dutydeposited is given and the money is either refundedat the port of exit or the machine is simply identifiedby the officials,
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