INDEX 367 



Kailways {continued) : — 



London and Manchester, ii. 16, 96, 138 



„ „ Southampton (now London and .South-Western), ii. 

 17, 36, 209, 299 

 Metropolitan extended to Aylesbury 1892, ii. 281 

 North British, ii. 40 



" Piide and Tie," custom of, i. 54 



Eijipon, Walter, carriage-maker to Queen Mary, i. 4 



Eoads, bad state of, 1568, i. 5 ; dreadful condition in North Wales in 

 eighteenth century, i. 20-22 ; Exeter lload described in 1752 as 

 " dreadful," i. 91 ; first General Highway Act, 1555, i. 106 ; mere 

 tracks and unenclosed, 1739, i. Ill ; not safe for solitary travellers, 

 i. 115 ; gradually improve from 1700, i. 117 ; growth of heavy 

 traffic cuts them up, i. 123 ; ignorance of road-surveyors, i. 123 ; 

 legislation to protect, 1760, i. 123-6 ; 1622-29, 194-6 ; 1752, i. 199- 

 202 ; General Turnpike Act, 1766, i. 202-5 ; improve generally, 

 ii. 3 ; shocking state of, between Carlisle and Glasgow, 1812, ii. 4 ; 

 wear and tear of, by mails, ii. 4-9 ; and early steam-carriages, 

 ii. 262 ; vulgarised by modern " improvements," ii. 326 ; terrible 

 state of, in Sussex, ii. 332 ; picturesqueness of, threatened by 

 coming changes, ii. 347 



Robberies from coaches, ii. 144-50 



" Rumble-tumble," i. 96, 97, 99 ; miseries of travelling in the, i. 101, 

 139 



Rutland, Earl of, sets up a carriage, 1555 



Shillibeer, George, his " Brighton Diligence," i. 290-92 ; his omni- 

 buses, ii. 193 

 Short stages, the, ii. 188-93 

 " Short Tommy," the, ii. 175 

 *' Shouldering," i.e. stealing, fares, ii. 200-203 

 Sign-posts obligatory, 1690, i. 112 

 Silver, Anthony, carriage-maker to Queen Mary, i. 3 

 Smollett, Tobias, i. 108, 110; on travelling in 1748, i- 115-17, 334 

 Snowstorms, i. 261. 264-9 ; ii. 137, 157, 159-62, 166-9 

 Stage-coaches — see " Coaches : stage-coaches " 

 Stage-waggons, established about 1500, i. 2 : see " Waggons" 

 Steam-carriages, 1823-38, ii. 217, 260-68 

 Sunday, a day of rest, i. 29, 90 



„ Trading Acts, i. 196-9 ; ii. 148 

 *' Swallowing," i.e. stealing, fares, ii. 200-203 



Talbot, the old English hound, i. 109 



" Tantivy," meaning of the word, ii. 185 



" Tantivy Trot," coaching song, ii. 185 



Telegraph coaches established, from about 1781, i. 300-303 



