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of Dunstable on the old Holyhead road going north. 

 A vast undertaking in those days, which would be 

 considered a great work even now, and one that tells 

 plainly of the skill of that famous pre-railway engineer, 

 Telford." 



As this writer remarks, there are very few^ English 

 high-roads passing through tunnels, the configuration 

 of the land over which they pass does not need such 

 feats of engineering skill. It is only such mountain 

 roads as I have mentioned in my first chapter that 

 require it. 



In the days when the coaches ran, naturally there 

 were many road-books and maps published, amongst 

 which was Thomas Kitchins' " Post-chaise Com- 

 panion," published in 1767. This was essentially a 

 road-book and a guide to distance, inns, and objects of 

 interest on the way.'" In 181 1 was published the 

 fifteenth edition of a very celebrated road-book by 

 Lieut-Col. Paterson, Assistant Ouartermaster-General 

 to His Majesty's Forces. This book was published in 

 the latter part of the reign of George III. The 

 title-page is as follows : 



* There was Gary's " Traveller's Companion," published at 

 86, St. James's Street, with excellent maps; and also Mogg's "Pocket 

 Itinerary." 



