CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



ANCIENT CHARIOTEERS — CELEBRATED WHIPS — INTRODUCTION 

 OP CARRIAGES INTO ENGLAND — MR. CRESSET'S PAMPHLET — 

 THE STATE OF THE ROADS IN 1739 — DANGEROUS CONVEY- 

 ANCES—THE FLYING COACH OF 1669 — DEAN SWIFT'S POETICAL 

 LINES ON HIS JOURNEY TO CHESTER — DISCOMFORTS OP 

 INSIDE TRAVELLING— TRAVELLING IN BYGONE DAYS . 1 



CHAPTER II. 



DANGERS OF TRAVELLING — ANECDOTES OP HIGHWAYMEN — 

 INNKEEPERS AND HIGHWAYMEN — STAGE-COACH ROBBERIES 

 — A 'cute lady — A JOURNEY TO LONDON UNDER DIFFI- 

 CULTIES—TRAVELLING IN 1770 — vanbrugh's description 

 OP AN M.P.'S JOURNEY— SYDNEY SMITH ON MODERN IM- 

 PROVEMENT . ...... -Ih 



