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drivers are uniform all over the district. It is pro- 

 bable that at other times there may be some httle 

 diversity, depending on the amount of custom ; but 

 the traveller may rely on the prices here given as 

 a safe rule. 



It must be understood that the drivers of the 

 country cars and other vehicles are dependent on 

 the payment they receive from travellers. The inn- 

 keepers charge for the carriage and horses only; 

 and the payment of the drivers is therefore an es- 

 tablished onCj and not considered dependent on the 

 pleasure of the traveller. The rate is three-pence 

 per mile outwards, — the return journey not being 

 charged for. Another way, in which I have myself 

 been accustomed to pay, is six-pence per hour, — 

 the driver having the benefit of the fraction left 

 over. On excursions which occupy a day, or several 

 days, the driver^s pay is five shillings per day. The 

 drivers are a rather superior sort of men in their 

 vocation, — familiar with the localities, and able to 

 point out all objects of interest to strangers. They 

 and their horses know every step of the way; and 

 I never heard of an accident happening with the 

 country cars. I give this assurance thus expressly 

 because the nervous looks of strangers, their wistful 

 glances up at precipices and down upon torrents, 

 seem to show that this kind of encouragement may 

 be very welcome. 



The charge for a one-horse conveyance is one 

 shilling per mile. For a two-horse conveyance one 

 shilling and six-pence per mile. In case of a long 

 stage, as for ten or twelve miles, there is a reduc- 

 tion to one shilling and four-pence. The return 

 journey is, of course, not paid for. 



