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Him we followed into the hills along a road cut into the crumbling volcanic rock and entirely unmetalled.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
Moreover, the pack- horse, the waggon, and the old unmetalled roads soon proved inadequate for the new requirements of transport.
From The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
At the end of the year 1904-1905 there were in the whole province 7486 m. of road, 1516 m. of which were metalled and 3170 unmetalled, with 2799 m. of other tracks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
The road from this being "Kucha," literally UNCOOKED, but here meant to express "unmetalled," we had yet another form of conveyance to make acquaintance with.
From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by William Henry Knight
The broad, dusty, unmetalled roads are steeped in sunshine.
From From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War by G. W. (George Warrington) Steevens
