. 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 . Gig. little more than a railed chair fixed upon the shafts, andsupported on two side springs. It was calculated to runvery easily, and the whole was well adapted for travellingpurposes; a space being left under the seat to contain aportmanteau. VEHICLES OF ENGLAND. 247 The stanhope and the tilbury are forms that diflPeryerv slightly from each other. The latter was namedafter its inventor, a coach-builder; and the former aft
. 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 . Gig. little more than a railed chair fixed upon the shafts, andsupported on two side springs. It was calculated to runvery easily, and the whole was well adapted for travellingpurposes; a space being left under the seat to contain aportmanteau. VEHICLES OF ENGLAND. 247 The stanhope and the tilbury are forms that diflPeryerv slightly from each other. The latter was namedafter its inventor, a coach-builder; and the former aftera brother of the Earl of Harrington. The stanhope wasintended as an improvement upon the tilbury. The tilburyis extremely light and airy in its appearance, but is saidto be uncomfortable to the rider; a fault which does notbelong, in so great a degree, to the stanhope; there aretwo or three varieties of the Tilbury. The cabriolet, of which the name and the vehicle arederived from the French, is a one horse-vehicle, thatpossesses the advantage of a covered head, which can belet down or opened at pleasure, thus protecting the rider ^ (\\ ——■,
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