382 



THE COACHING AGE. 



or 12 hours and 10 minutes. 



129i 



730 



The time allowed to each line of ground, Captain 

 Barclay said, was regulated by its nature, whether 

 hilly or otherwise. The same rate was maintained 

 from Aberdeen to Edinburgh, only reversing the 

 time allowed to some of the stages. About a 

 horse a mile was required for the above rate of 

 travelling, which with that allowance could be done 

 with great ease and nothing like furious driving, the 

 horses generally in a swinging trot. 



