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it, as well as supplies for other inland places, was carried 

 in little carts drawn by dogs. 



The dogs were big strong Newfoundlands. Teams of 

 two or four were harnessed together. The team of four 

 would carry three to four hundredweight of fish, besides 

 the driver. 



The man would ' cock his legs up along the sharves,' 

 as an old friend describes it, and away they would go at 

 a great rate. They not only went as fast as the coaches, 

 but they gained time when the coach stopped to change 

 horses, and so got the pick of the market. A dog-drawn 

 cart used to bring fish from Littlehampton to Godalming, 

 where oysters were often to be bought for three a penny. 

 A fish-cart man whose name was Jennivary had his house 

 of call in Rock Place. 



Then there were the carriers' carts, also drawn by dogs. 

 One of these I well remember, plying between Bramley 

 and Guildford. 



In these old days the great road waggons, drawn by 

 six horses, went their long-distance journeys, carrying cattle 

 and sheep to the London market, and bringing back loads 

 of groceries and whatever Avas wanted. One of these went 

 twice a week between Chichester and London. Besides 

 these there were numbers of the carriers' one-horse vans 

 such as still go short journeys between villages and country 

 towns. 



Now the carriers carry note-books, but the older men, 

 who could neither read nor write, could remember, and 

 would fill their vans with their many commissions without 

 forgetting anything or making a mistake. 



Godalming had formerly a large interest in the wool 

 industry. Thousands of sheep were pastured on the heathy 



