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for the Manchester market. Mr. Waddington tells me on the 
authority of the late Jas. Sagar, the carrier, that Mr. Sagar’s 
grandfather could remember the first cart coming over Hameldon. 
It had an axle revolving with the wheels. The last relic of these 
useful and patient beasts was the ‘lime galls,”’ which most of us 
can remember. Fifteen horses would form a train and required 
two men. By taking coal and other goods to Clitheroe and 
bringing back lime for the moorland farms, which could not be 
reached by the carts, such as the farms on the side of Hambledon, 
they could earn one shilling a horse a day, and that was thought 
good pay. The breed must now be extinct. But in later times, 
and within the memory of living persons, two waggons would 
earry the productions of Burnley on a Monday to the Manchester 
market for the Tuesday. The principal carriers of this district 
were at Colne. The last of the old Colne and Manchester 
carriers was Moses Preston, who died in 1861. He left property 
at Laneshaw Bridge, the proceeds of the trade, which is still 
known as Carriers Row. 
The new roads wonderfully developed the coach system. In 
Baines’s Directory of 1824, a list is given of the coaches from 
Burnley. 
Old John Hartley. the old mail gig driver, tells me that the 
best turn-outs were those of Mr. Chadwick, of Bury, the grand- 
father of Mr. Tom Edmondson. He had splendid horses which 
ran between Colne, Bury, and Manchester. They changed 
horses at Bury. Many of our old people are fond yet of talking 
of the break-neck races down Manchester Road between the 
coach of ‘‘ Dick Rothwell,’’ the Red Rover, and the Catherine and 
other coaches of rival proprietors. The subject of travelling in 
the olden times would furnish a paper in itself which would be 
of the utmost interest to this club, and I hope someone will take 
itup. Ihave endeavoured to make a small contribution towards 
the information which it is the special function of such a club as 
ours to acquire and record. 
*“AN AGE OF TERRIBLE REPTILES.” 
By R. LAW, F.G.S., of Halifax. February 10th, 1891. 
The Lecturer pointed out that among the fauna of the earth 
perhaps none had a more complete, interesting and remarkable 
history than those of Reptiles. It could be proved that reptiles, 
