. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . ecessity for that unpleasant and dangerous climbmg pro-cess, necessary to mount the outside of a were first used on the Paddington-road,—then onother roads near the metropolis; and ultimately, theycommenced running from one end of London to the other,through the public streets. Great have been the com-plaints against these vehicles: many have been the finesimposed upon drivers for furious driving ; and much
. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . ecessity for that unpleasant and dangerous climbmg pro-cess, necessary to mount the outside of a were first used on the Paddington-road,—then onother roads near the metropolis; and ultimately, theycommenced running from one end of London to the other,through the public streets. Great have been the com-plaints against these vehicles: many have been the finesimposed upon drivers for furious driving ; and much hasbeen said of the impudence of cads,—or to use a more * This word, which is the Latin for for all,^^ jirobahly de-notes the universal accommodation afibrded by this vehicle. 256 FRENCH DILIGENCE. genteel word, conductors;—but the vast number ofthem now plying, and the use of them by all ranks ofpersons, show that the convenience of traversing Londonfrom one end to another for so small a sum as sixpence,and of entering or leaving the vehicle with so little trouble,have been sufl&cient to neutralize all the unfavourable cir-cumstances connected with rrench. Diligence. The diligence of France is a much heavier and morecumbrous vehicle than the stage-coach of England, andinfinitely • slower in its movements. The same may besaid of a diligence (the only one) which runs from to Moscow. A late English traveller speaksof it in the most rueful terms; his aching bones constantlyreminding- him that he was not on or in an English stage-coach ; and for three days and nights he could not allowhimself to sleep, for fear of either knocking his lucklesshead a<^ainst a suspicious-looking wooden bar that formedpart of the coach, or of tumbling oft his seat. No stage-coaches in Europe are, taken as a whole, ec^ual in comfortto those of England. There is a class of stage-coaches (if the term be pro-perly applied to them), which have come much into usewithin a few
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