. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. THE BATH ROAD II was better. Earlier roads, more adhesive mud. And when snow was on the ground, more adhesive snow ; causing coaches to stand on their heads in snow drifts ; and guards with bhic noses to mount the unharnessed leaders and *' take on the ; Small wonder then that in 1668 the Bath Fl}ang Machine sticks fast and needs four cart horses, pressed into the service, after much bawling, to pull it on to firm land again. Meanwhile it has blocked the road for an hour to
. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. THE BATH ROAD II was better. Earlier roads, more adhesive mud. And when snow was on the ground, more adhesive snow ; causing coaches to stand on their heads in snow drifts ; and guards with bhic noses to mount the unharnessed leaders and *' take on the ; Small wonder then that in 1668 the Bath Fl}ang Machine sticks fast and needs four cart horses, pressed into the service, after much bawling, to pull it on to firm land again. Meanwhile it has blocked the road for an hour to all but the fortunate â 'â ,â â /â //. A Breakdown: Taking on the Mails. people who can afford to ride post. Amongst these envied ones of the earth is his Grace the Duke of Buck- ingham, who rides furiously by, scattering the mud far and wide on each side of himâhis rich dress disordered and travel-stained, his horse covered with foamâhis attendants spurring to keep up with his headlong pace and cursing the Bath Coach as they ride by it. His Grace is making for Cliefden, "The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and of Love,". Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941; Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 1864-1949. [London] : Hodder and Stoughton
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