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his bed free ; and if he will eat alone in his 

 chamber, he may have meat at a reasonable 

 rate. Some twenty or thirty years ago the first 

 use of coaches came into Scotland, yet they are 

 rare even at Edinburgh at this day. Since the 

 kingdoms of England and Scotland are united, 

 many Scots by the King's favour have been 

 promoted both in dignities and estate, and the 

 use of coaches became more frequent, yet 

 nothing so common as in England. But the 

 use of horse litters hath been very ancient in 

 Scotland for sick men and women of quality." 



In those days travellers, no doubt, like our- 

 selves, depended on their own energies, and 

 waited not for chamber-maids to call them 

 waiters to attend them and ostlers to make 

 ready their carriages ; it was fortunate for us 

 that our motions depended not on any of these 

 auxiliaries, for whilst they were yet indulging 

 in sleep we departed at our appointed time, 

 leaving the remuneration of our host to some 

 future adjustment. Our rising anticipated that 

 of the sun. It surely cannot be denied that 

 his glorious diurnal re-appearance is the most 

 interesting moment of rational existence. Gra- 

 titude and delight seem imprinted on the face 

 of nature, and appear to be felt and shared by 

 man. The smile of morning is calculated to 



