INDEX. 



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ACCIDENTS, common cause of, 

 1 1 ; to Henry IV. of France, 

 29 ; to Major Lawes's drag, 

 87; to Shirley, 140; Ned 

 Poulton's mishap near Whit- 

 church, 146 ; Ringrose and 

 the donkey, 173; on Hen- 

 ley Hill, 177; the Sud bury 

 barrow, 182; to the Edin- 

 burgh mail, 189 ; in North- 

 amptonshire, 189 ; near Bag- 

 shot, 189; on the Southamp- 

 ton road, 190 ; in the New 

 Forest, 190, 191 ; between 

 Egham and Staines, 191 ; to 

 the Brighton coach, 200 ; near 

 Stonehenge, 203 ; to the 

 Exeter mail, 209 ; between 

 Bath and Devonport, 211 ; to 

 Devonport mail, 220; a run- 

 away mail, 221 ; Jack Adams 

 and the axletrees, 22 1 ; at Hart- 

 ford Bridge Flat, 224 ; to the 

 Quicksilver at Brighton, 231 ; 

 to Oliver Cromwell, in Hyde 

 Park, 248 ; to the Westerham 

 coach, 283 ; to Cooper's coach 

 at Boxhill, 289 ; to the Brigh- 

 ton coach on Banstead Downs, 

 296 ; to York and Liverpool 



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coach, 303 ; the Marquis of 

 Worcester's adventure, 307 

 Advertisements of horses for 



sale, 60 



Age of horse, signs of, 68 

 Agreement between a jobmaster 

 and a gentleman in 1718, 57 

 Aldridg^'s, 61, 79, 192 

 Alpha air horse-collars, 94 

 American vehicles, 50 ; harness- 

 horses, 59 ; stage-coaches, 361 

 Aprons, 131 

 Auctions, buying at, 61 

 Authorities cited : Adams, W. 

 B., 40-44, 46; Anglesey, ist 

 Marquis of, 41 ; Bealson, 

 Robert, 37 ; Birch-Reynard- 

 son, 102 ; Birkenhead, Sir 

 John, 249 ; Brougham, Lord, 

 46, 47 ; Carter, Philip, 198 ; 

 Chambers, Sir William, 34 ; 

 Chesterfield, Earl of, 48 ; 

 Cleveland, 248 ; Coates, 41 ; 

 Cook, Dutton, 41 ; Curzon, 

 Lord, 48 ; Dickens, Charles, 

 198 ; D'Orsay, Count, 43 ; 

 Felton, W., 39, George IV., 

 48 ; Hansom, Joseph, 44, 45 ; 

 Markham, 72 ; McAdam, 26, 

 37 ; Nimrod,' 250, 254, 256 ; 



