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into that lu'cidi^car, as of old, but discreetly in- 

 serted into an extended ])alni, and reccMved as 

 of ri^lit. 



MMie earliest sta^'es ol* ii|)j)iiii;- sliowed the |)ra,c- 

 tie(^ ill a very loi^'ical and coinnioiiseiise lii^'lii, lor 

 altli()iii;li llie later coachmen could h(\ v(n'y surly 

 and (lis()l)lii;iiii;' if tli(\y were not " i-eineinl)er(Ml," 

 they lia.d not a titlie of those o])j)ortunities ol' l)ein£^ 

 actively olTensive whicli the older race; ol" drivers 

 enjo}cd. The later i^-(nierations of coachmen were 

 more directly responsil)le. Tliey worked to a tiiruv 

 table, on '••ood roads, Avith fiiu) catth^ and perfect 

 coaclu^s ; tlie ohh'r men stopped when and wlnu'c 

 they lik(ul, and alt()L:,-(^ther had tlie comfort or dis- 

 coml'oi-t of tlu'ir ])asseni^-ers very lai-i»'(dy in tlveir 

 hands. I'll us Ihey were to 1x3 conciliated and kejit 

 in ii,<)od humour by a reasonabh; exjx^ctancy ol" 

 vails. VV^e lirst hear of ti|)])ini:^ in 1(>()5, in The 

 Committee, Sir Robert Howard's comedy, Avlnnu^ 

 the vuli^ar committeeman's wife gives Toby, th(3 

 coachman, something less than he expected. " By 

 my whip," In^ says aside, " 'tis a groat of more 

 than ordinary thinness. Plague on this new 

 gentry," he adds, with a sneer, " how liberal 

 they are!" 



" Tipping " gr(nv and llonrished extravagantly 

 in after ages, ^i'he wealthy and the free-handed 

 set the standard then, as they do now in these 

 otherwise altered times, with the result that 

 those who conld not aiford the outlay in which 

 the richer indulged were generally insulted or 

 neglected, 



