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COACHING,
WITH
ANECDOTES OF THE ROAD.
COACHING,
WITH
ANECDOTES OF THE ROAD.
BY
LORD WILLIAM PITT LENNOX,
AUTHOR OF
"CELEBRITIES I HAVE KNOWN," ETC.
Dedicated to His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K.G.,
PRESIDENT,
And the Members of The
[Illustration: COACHING CLUB]
LONDON:
HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS.
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1876.
_All rights reserved._
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
ANCIENT CHARIOTEERS--CELEBRATED WHIPS--INTRODUCTION OF
CARRIAGES INTO ENGLAND--MR. CRESSET'S PAMPHLET--THE STATE
OF THE ROADS IN 1739--DANGEROUS CONVEYANCES--THE FLYING
COACH OF 1669--DEAN SWIFT'S POETICAL LINES ON HIS JOURNEY TO
CHESTER--DISCOMFORTS OF INSIDE TRAVELLING--TRAVELLING IN BYGONE
DAYS 1