what direction is
desired on the country roads. This run through "The Fens" and Leverett
Park, which in time will be extended from the Arboretum over to Franklin
Park, and thence to South Boston, will make one of the pleasantest short
afternoon bicycle rides in America. It will have the advantage of never
being monotonous, because there are many variations to the route,
allowing you to wind about in the park, cross different bridges, and
leave or enter it at many different points.

To reach Milton, Dorchester, Quincy, etc., there are many routes, the
shortest of which, though not perhaps the best, being to leave Copley
Square, to Commonwealth Avenue, to Massachusetts Avenue, turning to the
left and proceeding thence straight across Boston, out Massachusetts
Avenue to Five Corners. From Five Corners the rider should turn to the
right, proceeding by Boylston Street to Upham's Corner, thence by
Columbia Street to Franklin Park, turning to the left on Blue Hill
Avenue, whence he can either run to Hyde Park or Milton, or, turning
into Washington Street, and proceeding by Milton, to Quincy. Probably
the best road, though somewhat longer ride, is to run out over the
Fenway, Riverway, and Jamaicaway, across Franklin Park, and thence to
Milton.

NOTE.--Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of
route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford,
Connecticut, in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New
Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814.
Brooklyn to Babylon in No. 815. Brooklyn to Northport in No. 816.
Tarrytown to Poughkeepsie in No. 817. Poughkeepsie to Hudson in
No. 818. Hudson to Albany in No. 819. Tottenville to Trenton in
No. 820. Trenton to Philadelphia in No. 821. Philadelphia in No.
822. Philadelphia-Wiasahickon Route in No. 823. Philadelphia to
West Chester in No. 824. Philadelphia to Atlantic City--First
Stage in No. 825; Second Stage in No. 826. Philadelphia to
Vineland--First Stage in No. 827. Second Stage in No. 828. New
York to Boston--Second Stage in No. 829; Third Stage in No. 830;
Fourth Stage in No. 831; Fifth Stage in No. 832; Sixth Stage in
No. 833. Boston to Concord, 834.

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