ch lighter.

Leaving New Haven and going eastward the rider should keep always to the
right on going into the suburbs of the city, and continue to the south
of Fair Haven through East Haven. One and a half or two miles out of
East Haven the road crosses the railroad track, and then runs on another
mile into Branford, which is eight miles from New Haven. From Branford
the road is, in the main, easily followed, the general tendency being to
keep in the vicinity of the railroad, and near the shore of Long Island
Sound. It is well for the rider, where possible, outside of villages, to
take the side path, as the road is not in the best of condition in
certain places, and the side path is usually very good. From Branford to
Stony Creek is a distance of about three miles. Thence to Leetes Island,
two miles further, where the road is clear, there is little to be
described. There are almost no hills of importance, and the side path
usually offers a very good substitute for the road itself when the
latter becomes sandy.

From Leetes Island to Guilford, about three miles further on, the road
winds about a good deal, crossing the railroad track twice before
entering Guilford in order to make a detour to the north and cross a
creek. After leaving Guilford the road runs down close by the shore, and
keeps its position in passing East River and Madison. Between Madison
and Clinton, and between Clinton and Grove Beach, a distance altogether
of between five and six miles, the road is fair in general and very poor
in spots. The side path should be taken wherever available, but,
everything considered, it is not one of the best bicycle roads that
could be desired. From Grove Beach into Saybrook, a distance of six
miles, the rider passes through Westbrook, and the road does not alter
its condition, being in the main fair, but very sandy in spots.

If possible, the rider should start from New Haven early in the morning,
and make Saybrook some time about noon, stopping there for lunch or
dinner. This is a distance of thirty-three miles altogether. To be sure,
it only leaves a run of thirteen or fourteen miles to New London, but
the accommodations there are so much better than along the line that it
is advisable to try and reach it, and at the same time it is always well
to do more than half the journey in the morning. Leaving Saybrook the
rider should proceed, still on the turnpike, to the Connecticut River
bank at Lyme Ferry. Crossing by th