CHAPTER III. Influence of Roads on Society

Restricted intercourse between districts

Local dialects and customs thereby preserved

Camden's fear of travelling into the barbarous regions of the North

Rev. Mr Brome's travels in England

Old Leisure

Imperfect postal communication

Hawkers and pedlars

Laying in stores for winter

Household occupations

Great fairs of ancient times

Local fairs

Fair on Dartmoor

Primitive manners of Dartmoor District