. 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 . Somersetshire Lady on her Journey, These coaches were very clumsy and had no springs; and the state of the streets androads occasioned sad jolting. As fashion, however,brought them into use, the nobility vied with each otherin the number of their horses, which were often increasedfrom two to eight. But, in the early days of coaching, itwas deemed to be disgraceful to any of the male sex toride in a coach.
. 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 . Somersetshire Lady on her Journey, These coaches were very clumsy and had no springs; and the state of the streets androads occasioned sad jolting. As fashion, however,brought them into use, the nobility vied with each otherin the number of their horses, which were often increasedfrom two to eight. But, in the early days of coaching, itwas deemed to be disgraceful to any of the male sex toride in a coach. Coaches and chariots were not introducedinto Scotland till the early part of the last century^ Before 240 OLD ENGLISH PHAETON. that time, we are told, the nobility used to travel in avehicle similar to a Noahs Ark,. English Phaeton of the Ei.^hteentb Century. The annexed cut represents the English Phaeton ofthe early part of the last century. The form and convenience of vehicles are dependentas much on the nature of the country which they are totraverse, as on the intelligence of the nation who usethem ; and those two circumstances combined, give a greatdiversity to the modes of travelling by different annexed represents an ancient covered carriage, muchin use at Milan, in the North of Italy.
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