It was noon before the work was finished, for the new chain and a new belt to the pump had to be put on, and many little things done which consumed time.
At two o'clock we left Troy.

The road to Schenectady in good weather is quite good, but after the rain it was heavy with half-dried mud and deep with ruts.

From Schenectady to Fonda, where we arrived at six-thirty, the roads were very bad; however, forty-five miles in four hours and a half was fairly good travelling under the adverse conditions.

If the machine had been equipped with an intermediate gear, an average of twelve or fifteen miles could have been easily made.

The going was just a little too heavy for the fast speed and altogether too easy for the low, and yet we were obliged to travel for hours on the low gear.
From New York to Buffalo there is a succession of cities and villages which are, for the most part, very attractive, but good hotels are scarce, and as for wayside inns there are none.