Notices of the proceedings at the meetings of the members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain with abstracts of the discourses . eed to go out of his way to change his horse, andwill not find himself crippled in his work by his nag having beenover-fatigued by too long a round on the previous day, or chilled bystanding in evil weather. When suddenly summoned he can be onthe road in two minutes, and will not have to choose between beingtoo late in an emergency, or cruelly treating a wearied animal. Aphysician or surgeon, summoned in consultation to an urgent case,will not have to consult t
Notices of the proceedings at the meetings of the members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain with abstracts of the discourses . eed to go out of his way to change his horse, andwill not find himself crippled in his work by his nag having beenover-fatigued by too long a round on the previous day, or chilled bystanding in evil weather. When suddenly summoned he can be onthe road in two minutes, and will not have to choose between beingtoo late in an emergency, or cruelly treating a wearied animal. Aphysician or surgeon, summoned in consultation to an urgent case,will not have to consult the , only to find that perhaps he can-not even start for two hours, and that when he does, his train, even ifpunctual, will, after an hour-and-a-half of travelling, only land himthree or four miles from his destination. On such distances as30 miles or so, he could outstrip the railway without going at anydangerous speed upon the road. It may give you some idea of thedifference between what may be done now and what used to be pos-sible to refer to this diagram. This diagram shows roughly the number of places of considerable. TOTAL PLACES BY HORSE PLACES BY AUTOCAR 233. 122 The Right Hon. Sir John Macdonald [April 18, population within radii of different lengths from the centre of this is no difficulty in seeing at once that, while by horse haulage15 places might be visited, or 41 places with great difficulty, anauto-car could make a visit to several places within the inner areas,and could visit any of the 71 places in the 30-mile radius, or of the160 places in the 60-mile radius. These places include Oxford,Aylesbury, Buckingham, Northampton, Bedford, Cambridge, BurySt. Edmunds, Ipswich, Harwich, Colchester, Margate, Ramsgate,Dover, Folkestone, Hastings, Eastbourne and Brighton, Chichester,Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester. In such journeys thecharms of country can be enjoyed as they cannot be from a railwayline. Who knows the beauties of Kent or S
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