. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. aJiT Tiiir tiKr tSt tlr tir tV* tlr ^Cr islr tXr tlr tSr TiKr Tiir ^iT ^ir ^ir ^d^ ^Ir ^£r ^ir ^^ ^Ir. iTir i!=s/ :*ri iTii; ^^ JfL JfL <^|iL .J|V ^ifl JIfL jyL ^ffl J|(t fX Sfl, Sf^ sSfl^ ySfi -JV^ ^t^ JT^ «JC^ ^^ «iX^ CHAPTER XXI. Iliu roads—Modern traffic compared with old—The stage coach—Stage waggons—Their speed—Price of posting—The hackney coach—Sedan chairs—Horseriding—Improvement in carriages. PERHAPS as good a test as any, of the civilizationof a nation, is its roads. Erom the mere foot-tracksof the savage, t
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. aJiT Tiiir tiKr tSt tlr tir tV* tlr ^Cr islr tXr tlr tSr TiKr Tiir ^iT ^ir ^ir ^d^ ^Ir ^£r ^ir ^^ ^Ir. iTir i!=s/ :*ri iTii; ^^ JfL JfL <^|iL .J|V ^ifl JIfL jyL ^ffl J|(t fX Sfl, Sf^ sSfl^ ySfi -JV^ ^t^ JT^ «JC^ ^^ «iX^ CHAPTER XXI. Iliu roads—Modern traffic compared with old—The stage coach—Stage waggons—Their speed—Price of posting—The hackney coach—Sedan chairs—Horseriding—Improvement in carriages. PERHAPS as good a test as any, of the civilizationof a nation, is its roads. Erom the mere foot-tracksof the savage, to the broader paths necessarily usedwhen he had brought the horse into subjugation, marka distinct advance. When the wheeled carriage was in-vented, a causeway, artificiall)- strengthened, must be made,or the wheels would sink into the soft earth, and make ruts,which would need extra power in order to extricate thevehicle ; besides the great chance there was of that vehiclecoming to utter grief Settlers in Africa and Australiacan yet tell tales of the inconveniences of a land withoutroads. To the Romans, as for much else o
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