. The science of railways . MYTHOLOGICAL FORMS OF CARRIAGE. 493 their rulers hardly less oppressive than the Assy-rian kings. Until the nineteenth century progress in car-riage building was retarded by poor roads, thenarrow streets of cities, the poverty of the peo-ple, the general insecurity that existed and thelack of an exalted idea. Extended travel wasimpossible in the classical and medieval on land was light and confined to neigh-borhoods. On the water it was more The pirates that infested the sea might beevaded or fought off. But land pirates (the rob-ber barons o
. The science of railways . MYTHOLOGICAL FORMS OF CARRIAGE. 493 their rulers hardly less oppressive than the Assy-rian kings. Until the nineteenth century progress in car-riage building was retarded by poor roads, thenarrow streets of cities, the poverty of the peo-ple, the general insecurity that existed and thelack of an exalted idea. Extended travel wasimpossible in the classical and medieval on land was light and confined to neigh-borhoods. On the water it was more The pirates that infested the sea might beevaded or fought off. But land pirates (the rob-ber barons of the middle ages among them) werenot to be evaded. They robbed all alike. Andas they left little to the wayfarer, extended inter-course was impossible. The Phoenicians were, so far as we know, thefirst to make extended journeyings for the pur-pose of trade. The Chaldeans also carried on amore or less extended trade with surroundingcountries. But aside from these instances ther§ 494 ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND was but little trading except along the Mediter-ranean and Red seas. The vessels of the Assy-rians and neighboring people were exceedinglycrude. It is not until we reach the Mediterra-nean that we come in contact with a maritimepeople—a people who displayed the same tasteand ingenuity in fashioning water craft that thecarriage maker of to-day displays in constructinghis vehicles. The people of the Tigris andEuphrates were satisfied to float on inflatedskins, their bodies immersed i
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