There was no spacious Pelham Parkway skirting the waters of the Long Island Sound.

Before crossing the Harlem the road followed in a general way the Broadway trail.

Beyond the river it zigzagged in a northeasterly direction through Eastchester.

Not until the crossing of the Byram River transferred the road from New York to New England did it take on any resemblance to the trail of today, and even beyond, the town of Greenwich seems to have been neglected entirely.
Yet, in comparison, the East was developed.

It was the bold Sinbad turning his face resolutely and courageously towards the setting sun who experienced the real inconveniences and perils.