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It is not strange that we see no wheeled vehicles. In 1672 there were only six stage coaches in the whole of Great Britain, and they were the occasion of a pamphlet protesting that they encouraged too much travel! IT IS NOT STRANGE THAT WE SEE NO WHEELED VEHICLES IN SIXTEEN SEVENTY TWO THERE WERE ONLY SIX STAGE COACHES IN THE WHOLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THEY WERE THE OCCASION OF A PAMPHLET PROTESTING THAT THEY ENCOURAGED TOO MUCH TRAVEL
estimony to the cruder senses of the white man to whom woodcraft never becomes instinctive. The fact that this couple possesses a horse presages great changes in New England. Ferries will be established; tolls levied, bridges thrown across the streams which now the horses swim, or cross by having their front feet in one canoe ferry and their hind feet in another--the canoes being lashed together. As yet we see no vehicle of any kind, except an occasional sedan chair. (The first one of these of which we have knowledge was presented to Governor Winthrop as a portion of a capture from a Spanish galleon.) However, these are not common. In 1631 Governor Endicott of Salem wrote that he could not get to Boston to visit Governor Winthrop as he was not well enough to wade the streams. The next year we read of Governor Winthrop surmounting the difficulty when he goes to visit Governor Bradford, by being carried on the backs of Indians across the fords. (It took him two days to make the journey.) TE TESTIMONY TO THE CRUDER SENSES OF THE WHITE MAN TO WHOM WOODCRAFT NEVER BECOMES INSTINCTIVE THE FACT THAT THIS COUPLE POSSESSES A HORSE PRESAGES GREAT CHANGES IN NEW ENGLAND FERRIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED TOLLS LEVIED BRIDGES THROWN ACROSS THE STREAMS WHICH NOW THE HORSES SWIM OR CROSSED BY HAVING THEIR FRONT FEET IN ONE CANOE FERRY AND THEIR HIND FEET IN ANOTHER THE CANOES BEING LASHED TOGETHER AS YET WE SEE NO VEHICLE OF ANY KIND EXCEPT AN OCCASIONAL SEDAN CHAIR THE FIRST ONE OF THESE OF WHICH WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE WAS PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR WINTHROP AS A PORTION OF A CAPTURE FROM A SPANISH GALLEON HOWEVER THESE ARE NOT COMMON IN SIXTEEN THIRTY ONE GOVERNOR ENDICOTT OF SALEM WROTE THAT HE COULD NOT GET TO BOSTON TO VISIT GOVERNOR WINTHROP AS HE WAS NOT WELL ENOUGH TO WADE THE STREAMS THE NEXT YEAR WE READ OF GOVERNOR WINTHROP SURMOUNTING THE DIFFICULTY WHEN HE GOES TO VISIT GOVERNOR BRADFORD BY BEING CARRIED ON THE BACKS OF INDIANS ACROSS THE FORDS IT TOOK HIM TWO DAYS TO MAKE THE JOURNEY
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