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HIGHWAYS AND HORSES. 



These road-books are almost as useful now as 

 they were in the coaching days ; it is interesting to 

 notice the increase in the population of the various 

 towns and villages, and the landmarks and objects 

 of interest which are mentioned are frequently the 

 same as those with which we are now familiar. The 

 distance can never alter, consequently these guide- 

 books are as perfect indications to distance at the 

 present day as they were when published, and I 

 strongly recommend any one intending to go on a 

 driving tour to get possession of one if he can 

 contrive to do so. The other day, in a second-hand 

 bookseller's shop at Hastings, I came across a county 

 atlas and road-book published in the reign of 



