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How the World Travels - Alice A. Methley
Alice A. Methley
How the World Travels
Published by Good Press, 2022
goodpress@okpublishing.info
EAN 4064066139100
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I TRAVEL IN THE OLDEN DAYS
CHAPTER II COACHING DAYS
CHAPTER III STRANGE VEHICLES OF EUROPE
CHAPTER IV JOURNEYS THROUGH INDIA
CHAPTER V THE CONVEYANCES OF CHINA AND JAPAN
CHAPTER VI JOURNEYS THROUGH AFRICA
CHAPTER VII JOURNEYS IN THE NEW WORLD
CHAPTER VIII TRAVELLING IN THE WILDS
CHAPTER IX THROUGH ICE AND SNOW
CHAPTER X STRANGE TRAVEL IN STRANGE LANDS
CHAPTER XI TRAVEL OF YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY
CHAPTER XII THE TRAVEL OF TO-MORROW
CHAPTER I
TRAVEL IN THE OLDEN DAYS
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Coach, carriage, wheelbarrow, cart
: we have all, most likely, repeated these words again and again, as we counted the cherry-stones out of a pie, the petals of a daisy, or the tufts on a blade of grass, and we have hoped, as we counted, that Dame Fortune would give us a coach or a carriage to drive to church in on our wedding morning.
A cart seemed a very commonplace affair, and a wheelbarrow was almost too absurd to be possible. Yet there are countries where people actually ride in wheelbarrows and in other conveyances even more quaint and unusual.
It will be interesting, perhaps, to borrow a magic carpet for a little while, or the cap of Fortunatus, and travel round the world and back through the ages of history, so that we may see the strange vehicles that are in use to-day, and those in which our ancestors made their journeys hundreds of years ago.
The first conveyances of all, used in far-away prehistoric days and later still in wild uncivilised lands, were simply rough sleds on which heavy loads were dragged. Later, circular slabs of wood were cut from the trunks of trees to serve as wheels, and, instead of pulling these primitive carts themselves, the men trained oxen to do the work.
As time went on improvements were made, and we find pictures of chariots on the walls of the ancient, ruined cities of Egypt and Assyria.
The Bible tells us of the chariots and horsemen of Pharaoh, who were overwhelmed in the Red Sea, but more than two hundred years before that time King Thutmosis of Egypt had a wonderful war chariot, which, in 1903, was discovered in his tomb at Thebes. It is now in the museum at Cairo, and on it are painted pictures of Thutmosis driving in the chariot, charging his enemies and shooting arrows at them.
PREHISTORIC SLED.
Other nations also used chariots in warfare, and we read that they carried two men, one being the driver and the other the warrior. In a close encounter the soldier alighted and fought on foot. Some of these chariots were armed with great hooks or scythes fastened to the wheels. Julius Cæsar tells us that when he invaded Britain the chief, Cassivelaunus, had more than four thousand chariots, and he describes how skilfully they were handled by their drivers.
EARLY CART WITH SOLID WHEELS.
In the most steep and difficult places,
he says, they could stop their horses at full stretch, turn them which way they pleased, run along the pole, rest on the harness, and throw themselves back into the chariots with incredible dexterity.
In Britain, at that time, there were also conveyances for travelling, called benna, and also larger carriages with four wheels, which carried the wives and children of the warriors and their baggage.
The Romans themselves used chariots both for warlike and peaceful purposes, and they were named biga, triga, or quadriga, according to the number of horses by which they were drawn. Chariot races were an important feature of the great festivals that took place in the Colosseum, and it is said that Nero once drove one with ten horses abreast.
EGYPTIAN CHARIOT.
These racing chariots were, of course, lightly made and designed for speed, but there were other vehicles of great size and magnificence, which carried successful generals when they rode in triumph through Rome to celebrate their victories. This triumphal car was usually drawn by four white horses, but very often by lions, elephants, tigers, bears, leopards, or dogs.
ROMAN TRAVELLING CARRIAGE.
Other vehicles for more everyday use were to be seen in the streets