The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-06

"Its like travelling in a foriesn country"
 So say hundreds of thousands O. people on visiting New England for the first time.
 For one reason New England Is old, deologieally, 1t Is more ancient than almost any part of North America, And of course, 1t repre-. sents the longest period of contin- uous development of civilization In this country, People have been live Ing there q long whilo and they es- abolished way of life unique in the United States, Their speech, their food, their institutions still savor of their long history.
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 Then tho geography of New Eng land Is like 0 foreign country to those who have known only the broad flat prairie states; the sun" baked southwest; the treeless mountains In certain parts of Con- neetieut and Rhode Island, where the rolling moors dotted with gorse and slim eedars slope away to the sea, you might well be in Southern England. Parts of Boston are pure London. In Vermont and New Hampshire you see what the upland regions of Scotland are like. In Maine you will find actual fJords where mountains drop abruptly to the Atlantic and the sea fills the deep gorges,
 It iS q land of perfection for the motorist, Recent years have seen the development of express high ways between larger cities. There arc thousands of miles of number ono roads, national and state high. ways High speed travel s possible along the main channels of traffic.
 But the greater asset of New Eng land and ono that brings the peo- pie who motor for pleasure is the innumerable second grade roads, either paved or gravel which open up the riches of the back country 50 readily. They go winding and searching off through broad fields of the farmlands. They make their way up from the valleys to the up- per slopes Of the Verdant moun- tains, They skirt along the marvel ouS seaeoasts.
 There are very few stretches but what are tree shaded, cool and easy on the drivers eyes. They thread together the quet villages, the great industrial ieties. They are well. marked, well tended, Only the most ardent explorer will come across Q real corduroy road, or a place where h stream edges up onto the garVel. And with automobiles built the way they aer today, those roads arc well worth seeking out
 White Mountains
 IL Is possible to sec all of the many phases of New England in a tour of but few hundred miles. But many motorists like to special i2e. Those hungry for the sight Of mountins will want to progress from the Litchfield Hills of Connec- ticut up through the Berkshires in Massachusetts Into the great Green Mountain range that furrows the whole length Of Vermont, over in- to the mile-high Presidential Range of the White Mountains and on toward mighty Katahdin, looming in solitary grandeur out Of the Maine wilderness,
 Those who live a thousand miles from the sea, but who have felt It's call, VII want to work up the icoast Inc. The beaches and the historic colorful seaports, beginnNg in Con- necticut. New London is modern, with its coast guard and submarine bases, but 1t once sent out whalers on round- -the-world voyages. Provi- dence, Fall River and New Bedford are important commercially now, and also made maritime history. New Bedford has notable museums and exhibits including a genuine and complete whaling vessel set in concrete at the waters edge. Along the outer side of Cape Cod and back along the inner, there is village af- ter village and miles of beaches washed by clear warm waters. Bos- ton FIarbor, one of the most impor- tant seaports of the world, offers a busy and exciting spectacle every