. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . FvOad. of Antoninus. CHAPTER III. Ancient Roman Roads.—Praetorian, or ]\Iilitary Roads.—Con-sular, or Public, or High-roads. — Vicinal, or By-roads.—Ancient Roman Roads in Italy, France, Spain, Syria, andGreat Britain. The beo-inning of roads is as ancient as the first move-ment of animal life upon dry ground ; for all animals, bythe treading of their feet, make roads , the first roads that were made by m
. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . FvOad. of Antoninus. CHAPTER III. Ancient Roman Roads.—Praetorian, or ]\Iilitary Roads.—Con-sular, or Public, or High-roads. — Vicinal, or By-roads.—Ancient Roman Roads in Italy, France, Spain, Syria, andGreat Britain. The beo-inning of roads is as ancient as the first move-ment of animal life upon dry ground ; for all animals, bythe treading of their feet, make roads , the first roads that were made by men. were pro-perly paths, or foot-ways; and they afterwards grew inlen<Tth and breadth, in hardness, smoothness, and all otherperfections, in proportion as cities, towns, and other placesof human dwelling and resort, were multiplied and fre-quented. The Indian paths of America, Avhich are onlybroad enough to admit of one person following another,are examples of the primitive roads; and the tracks withwhich we are so well acquainted, across our fields andcommons, and through our woods and coppices, are similarexamples still nearer home. But the practice of
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