CHAPTER I. 



ANCIENT CHARIOTEEKS — CELEBRATED WHIPS — INTRODUCTION 

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

 THE STATE OP THE ROADS IN 1739— DANGEROUS CONVEY- 

 ANCES — THE PLYING COACH OP 1669 — DEAN SWIPT's POETICAL 

 LINES ON HIS JOURNEY TO CHESTER — DISCOMFORTS OF 

 INSIDE TRAVELLING— TRAVELLING IN BYGONE DAYS. 



