Modes of traveling ppt

Modes of traveling

People travel for various reasons – for business, pleasure
and discovery; in different elements – land, water and air;
and by divers methods, from walking to riding in train,
ships and aeroplanes.

The simplest way of traveling by land is on Shank’s mare
– that is, on foot. This is the only mode of travel for the
poor man; but some who could afford to tour by train or
motor car, prefer, when traveling for pleasure, to walk.

From the most ancient times men have trained animals,
such as the camel, the elephant, the donkey, and
especially the horse, to carry them, or to draw wheeled
vehicles in which the could rest in comfort; and in the days
before railways were introduced, most travelers rode on
horseback, or in chariots, carts, carriages and coaches.

But in these days, mechanical carriages, steam – or
petrol-driven, have largely taken the place of horse
carriages. Even the poor can now travel quickly and
comfortably in the railway trains, and the well-to-do tour
allover the country in their motor-cars. The humble bicycle,
too, is a great help to men of moderate means.

The boat, propelled by oars, and the sailing-ship are very
old inventions, and most of the famous explorers made
their discoveries in wooden sailing-vessels. But the
sailing-ship has now been almost driven from the ocean
by the great steamers, which enable travelers to

accomplish sea voyages in weeks, which formerly took
months, and even years.

And now in our own century man has conquered the air,
and travel as the birds travel. The wonderful invention of
the air-ship (or dirigible balloon) and the aeroplane will,
when regular lines of air-craft are established, enable
travelers to cover in days distances which take the fastest
steamships weeks.

In all these modes of travel, men by their higher
intelligence have harnessed the forces of nature, to carry
them over the world – animal strength, wind, steam, gas
and electricity.