1 IS HOlLSIi \VARU\M V. 



CIIMTKli VIII. 

 ON RiniNc; AND 1)HIV1N(} HORSES. 



It is not tlio puqioso of this work to attonipt to 

 teacli people how t<j ride and drive. The inhabit- 

 ants of the British isles are not wanting in self- 

 ajtprociation on many points, — that they do excel 

 other people as sailors, and as riders and drivers 

 of horses, is admitted everywhere. It will bo 

 suflieient, then, here to <:^ive tlu^ rule of the road, 

 and to point out cases where the infraction of tliat 

 rule has heretofore resulted in actions against the 

 wrongdoer, and consequently that any negligt^nt 

 non-observance of that rule will entail punishment 

 or loss. The rule is often expressed in an old 

 doggrel rhyme, wliieh has many versions, thus, — 



Rule of Till) nik' of tlio road is a paradox quito, 

 roatl for Mark as you 170 alone: ; 



«ln vers and ,, , , , . 1 



fjj^.„ If you kei'p to tlio ujt you arc ri<ihl, 



If you go to the right you aro wrong. 



lint tliis rule, by modem decisions, is not abso- 

 lute (/). There may be circumstances whidi oblige 

 a driver of u carriage to leave the regular side of 

 the ro.icl. All ilinf (Mil be said is, that if he leaves 



(0 riiuluill V. ;/ *..w;j, o C. A: r. 375; Chaplin v. llaurM, 3 

 C. & r. bbi ; Lack v. Scuard, \ C. & P. lOG. Sec n-nuirkH by 

 Court iu lioM V. LittoH, 6 C. H., N. S. 007. 



