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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.) 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
er, for no one is allowed to travel over this Old Coast Road single, "nor without some arms, though two or three together." The path they take follows almost exactly the trail of the Indian, seeking the fords, avoiding the morasses, clinging to the uplands, and skirting the rough, wooded heights.... After them--almost a decade after--we see a man on horseback, with his wife on a pillion behind him. They carry their own provisions and those for the beast, now and then dismounting to lead the horse over difficult ground, and now and then blazing a tree to help them in their return journey--mute 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 cross by having their front feet in one canoe ferry and their hind feet in another--the canoes being lashed together. R COMMENT THEY KEEP TOGETHER FOR NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO TRAVEL OVER THIS OLD COAST ROAD SINGLE NOR WITHOUT SOME ARMS THOUGH TWO OR THREE TOGETHER THE PATH THEY TAKE FOLLOWS ALMOST EXACTLY THE TRAIL OF THE INDIANS SEEKING THE FORDS AVOIDING THE MORASSES CLINGING TO THE UPLANDS AND SKIRTING THE ROUGH WOODED HEIGHTS AFTER THEM ALMOST A DECADE AFTER WE SEE A MAN ON HORSEBACK WITH HIS WIFE ON A PILLION BEHIND HIM THEY CARRY THEIR OWN PROVISIONS AND THOSE FOR THE BEAST NOW AND THEN DISMOUNTING TO LEAD THE HORSE OVER DIFFICULT GROUND AND NOW AND THEN BLAZING A TREE TO HELP THEM IN THEIR RETURN JOURNEY MUTE 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
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